Institute of Health and Welfare, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Institute of Health and Welfare, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Child Abuse Negl. 2024 Mar;149:106624. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106624. Epub 2024 Jan 15.
Few studies have explored the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and problematic Internet use (PIU) during young adulthood. Moreover, even fewer studies have explored the roles of loneliness (social and emotional) and hostility in this relationship.
This study used data from the Taiwan Youth Project (2011-2017). The analytical sample included 1885 participants (mean age = 31.3 years). PIU was measured using the short form of Chen's Internet Addiction Scale (2017). ACEs were assessed at the baseline of the adolescent phase (mean age = 14.3 years); this indicator has undergone recent revision. Hostility (three items from the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised) and loneliness (six items from the De Jong Gierveld scale) were measured in 2011 and 2014, respectively.
ACEs were associated with hostility and loneliness (emotional and social). Additionally, hostility (β = 0.62, p < .01) and emotional loneliness (β = 0.44, p < .01) were significantly associated with PIU. Most mediating paths (e.g., ACE → hostility → PIU) were significant, based on the bootstrapping results.
This study suggests that ACEs have a long-term shadow effect on PIU in young adults. ACEs show an indirect association with PIU through both hostility and loneliness, as well as involving the relationship between them.
很少有研究探讨青少年时期不良童年经历 (ACEs) 与问题性互联网使用 (PIU) 之间的关系。此外，几乎没有研究探讨孤独感（社交和情感）和敌意在这种关系中的作用。
本研究使用了台湾青年项目（2011-2017）的数据。分析样本包括 1885 名参与者（平均年龄 31.3 岁）。PIU 使用陈的互联网成瘾量表（2017 年）的简短形式进行测量。ACEs 在青少年阶段的基线（平均年龄 14.3 岁）进行评估；这个指标最近已经修订过。敌意（来自症状清单-90-修订版的三个项目）和孤独感（来自 Jong Gierveld 量表的六个项目）分别在 2011 年和 2014 年进行测量。
ACEs 与敌意和孤独感（情感和社会）有关。此外，敌意（β=0.62，p<.01）和情感孤独感（β=0.44，p<.01）与 PIU 显著相关。根据自举结果，大多数中介路径（例如，ACE→敌意→PIU）是显著的。
本研究表明，ACEs 对年轻人的 PIU 有长期的阴影效应。ACEs 通过敌意和孤独感与 PIU 间接相关，同时也涉及它们之间的关系。
