Yeh Yu-Chun, Ko Huei-Chen, Wu Jo Yung-Wei, Cheng Chung-Ping
Institute of Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Cyberpsychol Behav. 2008 Aug;11(4):485-7. doi: 10.1089/cpb.2007.0134.
This study examined gender differences in the relationships of actual and virtual social support to Internet addiction mediated through depressive symptoms among college students in Taiwan. Results revealed that in females, both actual and virtual social support directly predicted Internet addiction or were mediated through depressive symptoms. However, in males, while Internet addiction was predicted by virtual social support directly or indirectly mediated through depressive symptoms, the link of actual social support to Internet addiction was only mediated through depressive symptoms. Furthermore, in both genders, lower actual social support and higher virtual social support were associated with higher depressive symptoms.
本研究探讨了台湾大学生中，实际社会支持和虚拟社会支持与网络成瘾之间的关系，以及抑郁症状在其中所起的中介作用的性别差异。结果显示，在女性中，实际社会支持和虚拟社会支持都直接预测了网络成瘾，或通过抑郁症状起中介作用。然而，在男性中，虽然虚拟社会支持直接或通过抑郁症状间接预测了网络成瘾，但实际社会支持与网络成瘾的联系仅通过抑郁症状起中介作用。此外，在男女两性中，较低的实际社会支持和较高的虚拟社会支持都与较高的抑郁症状相关。
