School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Addict Behav. 2018 Jul;82:86-93. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.01.027. Epub 2018 Jan 31.
Internet addiction is prevalent among adolescents and is associated with various negative outcomes. Relatively few studies examined the role of emotion dysregulation and social support on Internet addiction in this population. The present examined the association between emotion dysregulation, social support, and Internet addiction among junior secondary school students in Hong Kong. The mediating role of emotion dysregulation and Internet use on the relationship between social support and Internet addiction and the gender difference in such association were also tested.
A total of 862 junior secondary school students (grade 7 to 8) from 4 schools completed a cross-sectional survey.
10.9% scored above the cut-off for Internet addiction based on the Chen Internet Addiction Scale. Results from structural equation modeling revealed that social support was negatively related to emotion dysregulation and Internet usage, which in turn, were positively related to Internet addiction. Results from multi-group analysis by gender showed that the relationship between social support and emotion dysregulation, Internet usage, and Internet addiction, and those between emotion dysregulation and Internet addiction and between Internet usage and Internet addiction were stronger among female participants.
Emotion dysregulation is a potential risk factor while social support is a potential protective factor for Internet addiction. The role of social support on emotion dysregulation and Internet addiction were stronger among female students. Gender-sensitive interventions on Internet Addiction for adolescents are warranted, such interventions should increase social support and improve emotion regulation.
互联网成瘾在青少年中很普遍，与各种负面后果有关。很少有研究考察情绪调节和社会支持在该人群中对互联网成瘾的作用。本研究考察了香港初中生情绪调节、社会支持与互联网成瘾之间的关系，以及情绪调节和互联网使用在社会支持与互联网成瘾之间的关系中的中介作用，以及这种关联的性别差异。
共有 4 所学校的 862 名初中 7 至 8 年级学生完成了一项横断面调查。
根据陈网络成瘾量表，10.9%的学生得分高于网络成瘾的临界值。结构方程模型的结果表明，社会支持与情绪调节和互联网使用呈负相关，而情绪调节和互联网使用又与网络成瘾呈正相关。按性别进行的多组分析结果表明，社会支持与情绪调节、互联网使用和网络成瘾之间的关系，以及情绪调节与网络成瘾之间的关系，以及互联网使用与网络成瘾之间的关系，在女性参与者中更为强烈。
情绪失调是一个潜在的风险因素，而社会支持是网络成瘾的一个潜在保护因素。社会支持对女性学生的情绪调节和网络成瘾的作用更强。需要针对青少年网络成瘾问题采取性别敏感的干预措施，这些干预措施应增加社会支持和改善情绪调节。
