Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
Graduate School of Education, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 17;18(6):3091. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18063091.
To advance the understanding about social-cognitive factors related to Chinese adolescents' experience with problematic Internet use (PIU), we examined the associations between social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies (i.e., responsible decision-making, social awareness, self-management, self-awareness, and social relationship) and problematic Internet use (PIU) among 1141 11th grade high school students from Southwest China. Through comparing the latent means of PIU across students with different demographic background (i.e., gender, social-economic status, left-behind status), the study found that male students endorsed higher levels of overall PIU and more problematic time management with Internet use than female students. No latent PIU mean differences were observed across family income and students' left-behind status. Using structural equation modeling (SEM) while controlling for demographic factors, overall SEL competencies were found to have a significantly negative association with PIU. Meanwhile, all five SEL domains were also negatively associated with students' PIU. The findings imply the importance of fostering SEL competencies in preventing PIU among Chinese adolescents. The study provides important practical implications for informing school-based SEL competencies programs for PIU prevention among Chinese youths.
为了深入了解与中国青少年网络问题使用（PIU）相关的社会认知因素，我们调查了社会情感学习（SEL）能力（即负责任的决策、社会意识、自我管理、自我意识和社会关系）与中国西南部 1141 名 11 年级高中生的 PIU 之间的关系。通过比较具有不同人口统计学背景（即性别、社会经济地位、留守状态）的学生的 PIU 的潜在均值，研究发现，与女生相比，男生的整体 PIU 水平更高，在上网时间管理方面存在更多问题。家庭收入和学生留守状态在 PIU 方面没有明显的潜在均值差异。使用结构方程模型（SEM）并控制人口统计学因素，整体 SEL 能力与 PIU 呈显著负相关。同时，SEL 的五个领域也与学生的 PIU 呈负相关。研究结果表明，培养 SEL 能力对于预防中国青少年 PIU 具有重要意义。该研究为中国青少年基于学校的 SEL 能力预防 PIU 计划提供了重要的实践意义。
