Center for Studies of Psychological Application, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, & School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, PR China.
Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, PR China.
J Clin Psychol. 2022 May;78(5):971-982. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23264. Epub 2021 Oct 16.
Both nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and Internet addiction (IA) are important health issues for adolescents, and social support has been extensively examined as a protective factor for both. This study aims to compare the effect of offline and online social support on IA, and that on NSSI as well.
A total of 1911 Chinese adolescents (53.27% females, M = 16.83 ± 0.37) completed self-report questionnaires assessing offline social support, online social support, IA, and NSSI.
The structural equation modeling analysis showed that offline social support was negatively associated with IA and NSSI, while online social support was positively associated with IA and NSSI; IA was positively associated with NSSI. Furthermore, implications for preventions and interventions of IA and NSSI were discussed. The indirect model explained a relatively small variance of NSSI, indicating the possibility of additional factors in the development of NSSI that should be further investigated.
This study indicated the differences between offline and online social support, and their different associations with IA and NSSI.
非自杀性自伤(NSSI)和网络成瘾(IA)都是青少年的重要健康问题,社会支持已被广泛研究为这两种问题的保护因素。本研究旨在比较线下和线上社会支持对 IA 的影响,以及对 NSSI 的影响。
共有 1911 名中国青少年(53.27%为女性,M = 16.83 ± 0.37)完成了评估线下社会支持、线上社会支持、IA 和 NSSI 的自我报告问卷。
结构方程模型分析表明,线下社会支持与 IA 和 NSSI 呈负相关,而线上社会支持与 IA 和 NSSI 呈正相关;IA 与 NSSI 呈正相关。此外,还讨论了预防和干预 IA 和 NSSI 的意义。间接模型解释了 NSSI 相对较小的方差,表明在 NSSI 的发展中可能存在其他需要进一步研究的因素。
本研究表明了线下和线上社会支持之间的差异,以及它们与 IA 和 NSSI 的不同关联。