Lu Xiaoman, Zhang Mengnan, Zhang Jingqiu
Department of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.
Front Psychol. 2023 Jan 4;13:1031566. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1031566. eCollection 2022.
Internet addiction has become a worldwide mental health problem, and this problem is particularly prominent in China. Although current studies have shown that social support is closely related to Internet addiction, the mechanism of the relationship between the two is not clear at present. This study aimed to find out the influencing factors and the mechanism of Internet addiction among college freshmen, and to form scientific prevention and intervention plan on this basis.
This study adopts the cluster sampling method to select 322 college freshmen in a typical postsecondary school in Shandong Province, using Chinese Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS), Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), and Network-related Maladaptive Cognition Scale (NRMCS) to investigate the relationship between social support, network-related maladaptive cognition, gender, and the degree of Internet addiction.
The findings of this study are as follows: (1) After controlling age and family location, social support had a significant negative predictive effect on Internet addiction; (2) Gender acted as a moderator between the relationship of social support and Internet addiction; and (3) Additionally, the moderating effect of gender was completely mediated by network-related maladaptive cognition.
There is a mediated moderating effect between social support and Internet addiction. That is, gender plays a moderating role between social support and Internet addiction, and this moderating effect is mediated by network maladaptive cognition.
网络成瘾已成为一个全球性的心理健康问题，这一问题在中国尤为突出。尽管目前的研究表明社会支持与网络成瘾密切相关，但两者之间关系的机制目前尚不清楚。本研究旨在找出大学新生网络成瘾的影响因素及机制，并在此基础上形成科学的预防和干预方案。
本研究采用整群抽样方法，选取山东省一所典型专科学校的322名大学新生，使用中文网络成瘾量表（CIAS）、社会支持评定量表（SSRS）和网络相关适应不良认知量表（NRMCS）来调查社会支持、网络相关适应不良认知、性别与网络成瘾程度之间的关系。
本研究结果如下：（1）在控制年龄和家庭所在地后，社会支持对网络成瘾有显著的负向预测作用；（2）性别在社会支持与网络成瘾的关系中起调节作用；（3）此外，性别的调节作用完全由网络相关适应不良认知介导。
社会支持与网络成瘾之间存在中介调节效应。即性别在社会支持与网络成瘾之间起调节作用，且这种调节作用由网络适应不良认知介导。
