Molecular Psychology, Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University, Helmholtzstraße 8/1, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
Molecular Psychology, Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University, Helmholtzstraße 8/1, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
Addict Behav. 2019 Feb;89:188-199. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.08.011. Epub 2018 Aug 27.
In the present study, we investigated the relationship between depression and Internet Use Disorder (IUD) and between burnout and IUD among German as well as Chinese college students. Due to cultural differences and their implications for the individual's psychological health, we expected Chinese college students to have in particular higher IUD than German college students. We further expected to find positive relationships between depression and IUD and between burnout and IUD. Furthermore, we believed these relationships to reflect global effects and thus to be present in both samples. The data showed that Chinese college students had higher average burnout scores in the subscales MBI Emotional Exhaustion and MBI Cynicism and also higher IUD scores, but not higher depression scores. As expected, the correlation analysis revealed significant, positive correlations between depression and IUD as well as between burnout and IUD. The results are consistent in both samples, implying that the effect is globally valid. Furthermore, we observed that the relationship between depression and IUD is stronger than the relationship between emotional exhaustion and IUD in both samples, although this effect was not significant. We conclude that burnout and depression are related to IUD and that this relationship is valid independently of the cultural background of an individual.
在本研究中，我们调查了抑郁与互联网使用障碍（IUD）以及倦怠与 IUD 之间的关系，对象包括德国和中国的大学生。由于文化差异及其对个体心理健康的影响，我们预计中国大学生的 IUD 比德国大学生更高。我们进一步预期会发现抑郁与 IUD 之间以及倦怠与 IUD 之间存在积极的关系。此外，我们认为这些关系反映了全球效应，因此存在于两个样本中。
数据显示，中国大学生在 MBI 情绪耗竭和 MBI 玩世不恭两个子量表上的平均倦怠得分较高，IUD 得分也较高，但抑郁得分没有较高。正如预期的那样，相关分析显示抑郁与 IUD 以及倦怠与 IUD 之间存在显著的正相关关系。这两个样本的结果一致，表明这种效应具有全球普遍性。此外，我们观察到，在两个样本中，抑郁与 IUD 之间的关系比情绪耗竭与 IUD 之间的关系更强，尽管这种效应并不显著。
我们的结论是，倦怠和抑郁与 IUD 有关，这种关系独立于个体的文化背景。
