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There is little research about the influence of family function on the state anxiety of college students in the context of the global pandemic. The study aimed to clarify that generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and trait anxiety had mediating effects in family function on the state anxiety of Chinese college students following the \u201cstay-at-home\u201d order during the outbreak of COVID-19. This cross-sectional study was conducted online with 1,039 respondents. We analyzed demographics, The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (ST-AI) and Chinese Family Function Scale (FAD-18), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), and used path analysis to discuss the influence of family function on state and trait anxiety. The results showed that female students\u2019 state and trait anxiety was higher than that of male students (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). Medical students\u2019 state and trait anxiety was lower than that of literature students (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). The GAD of the male was lower compared with the female. The score of family function has significant differences in gender, age, education, and region (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). Gender, family function, state anxiety, trait anxiety, and GAD relate to others (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.07\u223c0.85, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). The results of fit indices for measurement invariance models showed that the impact of family function among GAD, state and trait anxiety across gender is significantly different (each step <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). GAD and trait anxiety had a complete meditating effect between family function and state anxiety (the proportion of standard indirect mediating effect was 24.94% in females and 36.79% in males). 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