Zhang Shujie, Tian Yu, Sui Yi, Zhang Denghao, Shi Jieru, Wang Peng, Meng Weixuan, Si Yingdong
Department of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.
Front Psychol. 2018 Sep 11;9:1707. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01707. eCollection 2018.
Using the Internet has become one of the most popular leisure activities among postsecondary students in China. Concern about the large number of students using the Internet has led to an increase in research on the influencing factors of Internet addiction and the negative consequences caused by it. This short-term longitudinal study examined the associations among three dimensions of social support [objective support (OS), subjective support (SS), and support utilization (SU)], loneliness, and the four dimensions of Internet addiction (compulsive Internet use [CIU] & withdrawal from Internet addiction [WIA], tolerance of Internet addiction [TIA], time-management problems [TMPs], and interpersonal and health problems [IHPs]) in a Chinese sample. A total of 169 postsecondary first-year students (88 girls and 81 boys; mean age = 18.31 years) participated in the study. The questionnaire measurements were taken at the beginning of the school year (T1), 6 months later (T2), and 1 year later (T3). Cross-lagged and structural equation modeling analyses indicated that (a) OS (T1) and SU (T1) negatively predicted loneliness (T2); and loneliness (T2) negatively predicted OS (T3) and SU(T3); (b) CIU & WIA (T1) and TMPs (T1) positively predicted loneliness (T2); and loneliness (T2) positively predicted CIU & WIA (T3), TIA (T3), TMP (T3), and IHP (T3); (c) SS (T1) directly affected TIA (T3) and TMP (T3); and (d) loneliness (T2) played a mediating role in the relationships between OS (T1) and CIU (T3), OS (T1) and TMP (T3), OS (T1) and IHP (T3), and SU (T1) and IHP (T3). Finally, interventions for Internet addiction and implications for future studies were discussed.
在中国，使用互联网已成为大专院校学生中最受欢迎的休闲活动之一。对大量学生使用互联网的担忧导致了对网络成瘾影响因素及其造成的负面后果的研究增加。这项短期纵向研究考察了中国样本中社会支持的三个维度[客观支持（OS）、主观支持（SS）和支持利用（SU）]、孤独感与网络成瘾的四个维度（强迫性上网[CIU]与网络成瘾戒断[WIA]、网络成瘾耐受性[TIA]、时间管理问题[TMPs]以及人际和健康问题[IHPs]）之间的关联。共有169名大专院校一年级学生（88名女生和81名男生；平均年龄 = 18.31岁）参与了该研究。问卷调查在学年开始时（T1）、6个月后（T2）和1年后（T3）进行。交叉滞后和结构方程模型分析表明：（a）OS（T1）和SU（T1）对孤独感（T2）有负向预测作用；孤独感（T2）对OS（T3）和SU（T3）有负向预测作用；（b）CIU & WIA（T1）和TMPs（T1）对孤独感（T2）有正向预测作用；孤独感（T2）对CIU & WIA（T3）、TIA（T3）、TMP（T3）和IHP（T3）有正向预测作用；（c）SS（T1）直接影响TIA（T3）和TMP（T3）；（d）孤独感（T2）在OS（T1）与CIU（T3）、OS（T1）与TMP（T3）、OS（T1）与IHP（T3）以及SU（T1）与IHP（T3）之间的关系中起中介作用。最后，讨论了网络成瘾的干预措施以及对未来研究的启示。
