Department of Psychology, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK.
Department of Psychology, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK.
Psychiatry Res. 2023 May;323:115148. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115148. Epub 2023 Mar 5.
Two, three-month long longitudinal studies examined the temporal relationships between problematic internet use (PIU), internet usage, and loneliness ratings, during and after lockdown restrictions. Experiment 1 examined 32, 18-51 year old participants, over a three-month period of lockdown restrictions. Experiment 2 studied 41, 18-51 year old participants, over a three-month period following the lifting of lockdown restrictions. Participants completed the internet addiction test, UCLA loneliness scale, and answered questioned about their online usage, at two time points. All cross-sectional analyses revealed a positive relationship between PIU and loneliness. However, there was no association between online use and loneliness. Longitudinal relationships between PIU and loneliness differed during and after lockdown restrictions. During a period of lockdown, there were both positive associations between earlier PIU and subsequent loneliness, and between earlier loneliness and subsequent PIU. However, following the easing of lockdown restrictions, only the temporal relationship between earlier internet addiction and later loneliness was significant.
两项为期三到四个月的纵向研究考察了在封锁限制期间和之后，网络成瘾（PIU）、网络使用和孤独感评分之间的时间关系。实验 1 研究了 32 名 18-51 岁的参与者，在封锁限制的三个月期间。实验 2 研究了 41 名 18-51 岁的参与者，在封锁限制解除后的三个月期间。参与者在两个时间点完成了网络成瘾测试、UCLA 孤独量表，并回答了有关他们在线使用的问题。所有横断面分析都表明 PIU 和孤独感之间存在正相关。然而，网络使用与孤独感之间没有关联。在封锁限制期间和之后，PIU 和孤独感之间的纵向关系不同。在封锁期间，早期的 PIU 与随后的孤独感之间以及早期的孤独感与随后的 PIU 之间都存在正相关。然而，在封锁限制放松后，只有早期网络成瘾与后期孤独感之间的时间关系具有显著性。
