Zhang Yanhong, Liang Ting, Gan Xiong, Zheng Xueyan, Li Hao, Zhang Jingyue
Department of Psychology, College of Education and Sports Sciences, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Jul 5;13:898554. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.898554. eCollection 2022.
As an increasingly serious social problem, Internet gaming disorder (IGD) of college students may be related to their social self-efficacy. However, the relationship and its internal mechanisms underlying are still unclear. The current study tested the mediating effect of alexithymia in the association between social self-efficacy and IGD, and whether this mediating process was moderated by empathy. Social Self-Efficacy Scale (PSSE), Chinese version of Internet Game Addiction Scale (IGAS-C), Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and Interpersonal Response Scale (IRI-C) were adopted to examine the model on 888 Chinese college students. The results indicated that social self-efficacy was significantly negatively associate with IGD. Mediation analysis illustrated that alexithymia mediated the association between social self-efficacy and IGD. Further, moderated mediation analysis manifested that the mediated effects was stronger for lower level of empathy. The conclusions corroborate and clarify the mechanisms that alexithymia mediated the association between social self-efficacy and IGD, and the mediation effects is moderated empathy. Besides, these findings provide available references for colleges to conduct educational activities, and at the same time provide scientific suggestions for preventing IGD among undergraduates.
作为一个日益严重的社会问题，大学生的网络游戏障碍（IGD）可能与其社会自我效能感有关。然而，两者之间的关系及其潜在的内在机制仍不明确。本研究检验了述情障碍在社会自我效能感与IGD之间的中介作用，以及这种中介过程是否受到共情的调节。采用社会自我效能感量表（PSSE）、中文版网络游戏成瘾量表（IGAS-C）、多伦多述情障碍量表（TAS-20）和人际反应量表（IRI-C）对888名中国大学生进行模型检验。结果表明，社会自我效能感与IGD显著负相关。中介分析表明，述情障碍在社会自我效能感与IGD之间起中介作用。此外，调节中介分析表明，对于共情水平较低的个体，中介效应更强。研究结论证实并阐明了述情障碍在社会自我效能感与IGD之间起中介作用的机制，且该中介效应受到共情的调节。此外，这些研究结果为高校开展教育活动提供了参考依据，同时也为预防大学生IGD提供了科学建议。
