School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China; Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience, Xi'an, China.
Psychol Rep. 2024 Apr;127(2):668-687. doi: 10.1177/00332941221130230. Epub 2022 Sep 27.
Prior studies have ascertained some risk factors of problematic social network sites use (PSNSU). Nevertheless, few research has examined the potential impact of materialism on PSNSU, as well as underlying mechanisms between this relationship. The present study investigated whether materialism would be linked with adolescents' PSNSU and whether self-esteem and self-control would mediate them. A sample of 1238 Chinese adolescents (53.6% females) completed measurements regarding demographics, materialism, PSNSU, self-esteem, and self-control. After controlling for gender and age, the results indicated that: (a) materialism was positively correlated with PSNSU; (b) materialism can indirectly affect PSNSU through the mediating effects of self-control; and (c) materialism can indirectly affect PSNSU through the sequential mediating role of self-esteem and self-control. These findings not only provide a new perspective for the cultivation of adolescents' values, but also contribute an important driving force for the prevention and intervention of adolescents' PSNSU in the information technology era.
先前的研究已经确定了一些与问题性社交网站使用（PSNSU）相关的风险因素。然而，很少有研究探讨物质主义对 PSNSU 的潜在影响，以及这种关系背后的潜在机制。本研究调查了物质主义是否与青少年的 PSNSU 有关，以及自尊和自我控制是否在其中起中介作用。研究对象为 1238 名中国青少年（53.6%为女性），他们完成了关于人口统计学、物质主义、PSNSU、自尊和自我控制的测量。在控制了性别和年龄后，结果表明：（a）物质主义与 PSNSU 呈正相关；（b）物质主义可以通过自我控制的中介作用间接影响 PSNSU；（c）物质主义可以通过自尊和自我控制的顺序中介作用间接影响 PSNSU。这些发现不仅为青少年价值观的培养提供了新的视角，也为信息时代青少年 PSNSU 的预防和干预提供了重要的推动力。
