School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China.
Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 7;18(24):12869. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182412869.
Internet addiction and depressive symptoms are extremely common problems among teenagers, and the coping strategy has been proved to be closely related to internet addiction and depressive symptoms. Based on three waves of data from a sample of Chinese middle-school students ( = 1545, = 14.88 years old, = 1.81; 55.00% females), this study examines the longitudinal relationship between internet addiction and depressive symptoms among adolescents ultilizing the random-intercept cross-lagged panel model. Results revealed a unidirectional predictive effect of depressive symptoms at T on internet addiction at T, but not vice versa, the effect was more significant in the male group. Positive coping strategies had a significant negative predictive effect on the random intercept of internet addiction and depressive symptoms, while negative coping style had a significant positive predictive effect on the random intercept of internet addiction and depressive symptoms. Effective identification and intervention of depressive symptoms may be beneficial to the intervention and prevention for internet addiction, and we should pay attention to the cultivation of middle school students' positive coping strategies.
网络成瘾和抑郁症状在青少年中极为常见，应对策略已被证明与网络成瘾和抑郁症状密切相关。本研究基于对中国中学生样本的三波数据（= 1545，= 14.88 岁，= 1.81；女性占 55.00%），利用随机截距交叉滞后面板模型检验了青少年网络成瘾和抑郁症状之间的纵向关系。结果表明，抑郁症状在 T 期对 T 期的网络成瘾有单向预测作用，但反之则不然，这种效应在男性群体中更为显著。积极的应对策略对网络成瘾和抑郁症状的随机截距有显著的负向预测作用，而消极的应对方式对网络成瘾和抑郁症状的随机截距有显著的正向预测作用。有效识别和干预抑郁症状可能有利于对网络成瘾的干预和预防，我们应该关注中学生积极应对策略的培养。
