Romero-López Miriam, Pichardo Carmen, De Hoces Isabel, García-Berbén Trinidad
Department of Evolutive and Educational Psychology, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
Brain Sci. 2021 Sep 30;11(10):1301. doi: 10.3390/brainsci11101301.
Internet use has been steadily and unstoppably gaining ground in all areas of life, from recreational activities to the establishment of social relations. However, addictive use of the Internet is a problem that seriously affects some people. Factors that may influence the occurrence of inappropriate internet use include age and social skills. For this reason, the aim of this study is to analyze the influence of social skills and age on the development of problematic internet use in university students. The study involved 514 students enrolled at a university in Spain, who filled in two questionnaires, one on problematic internet use and the other on social skills. Multivariate multiple linear regression models revealed that some social skills variables (conversation and social ease, empathic and positive feeling skills, risk coping) predicted problematic internet use. In addition, age played a role in preference for online social interaction and deficient self-regulation. Younger students were more at risk of having obsessive thoughts related to internet use and of engaging in compulsive internet use compared to older students.
互联网的使用在生活的各个领域都在稳步且势不可挡地占据一席之地，从娱乐活动到社会关系的建立。然而，网络成瘾是一个严重影响一些人的问题。可能影响不当使用互联网行为发生的因素包括年龄和社交技能。因此，本研究的目的是分析社交技能和年龄对大学生出现问题性互联网使用情况的影响。该研究涉及西班牙一所大学的514名学生，他们填写了两份问卷，一份关于问题性互联网使用，另一份关于社交技能。多元多重线性回归模型显示，一些社交技能变量（交谈与社交自在、共情与积极情感技能、风险应对）可预测问题性互联网使用情况。此外，年龄在在线社交互动偏好和自我调节不足方面发挥了作用。与年长学生相比，年轻学生更有可能出现与互联网使用相关的强迫性思维以及沉迷于网络使用。
