Wang Jinfu, Xu Xue, Wu Qinmei, Zhou Chao, Yang Guan
School of Physical Education, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
School of Finance and Economy, Guangdong Engineering Polytechnic, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Front Public Health. 2024 Apr 5;12:1368199. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1368199. eCollection 2024.
Internet addiction poses a significant threat to the health of college students worldwide, but physical activity, as a highly safe and effective rehabilitative measure, has shown promise for alleviating this issue nowadays. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the mediating processes in this association remained unclear. This study aims to explore the impact of physical activity on internet addiction among college students and the mediating role of subjective well-being.
A survey was conducted on 216 eligible college students using the physical activity level scale, the internet addiction test, and the subjective well-being scale. For data analysis, independent sample t-tests, correlation analysis, hierarchical regression analysis, and mediating effect tests were in turn carried out in this work.
The study revealed noteworthy gender disparities in physical activity and internet addiction among college students ( = -0.356, < 0.01; = 0.140, < 0.05). Compared to females, male students manifest elevated levels of physical activity and lower scores in internet addiction. Physical activity and subjective well-being exerted a significantly negative predictive influence on internet addiction ( = -0.162, < 0.05; = -0.508, < 0.001). What's more, subjective well-being assumed a crucial mediating role in the relationship between physical activity and internet addiction, with the mediating effect accounting for 72.81% of the total effect.
This study deepens the understanding of how physical activity reduces internet addiction risk while emphasizing that enhancing subjective well-being is an effective strategy for college students to cope with Internet addiction.
网络成瘾对全球大学生的健康构成了重大威胁，但体育活动作为一种高度安全有效的康复措施，如今已显示出缓解这一问题的前景。然而，在新冠疫情期间，这种关联中的中介过程仍不明确。本研究旨在探讨体育活动对大学生网络成瘾的影响以及主观幸福感的中介作用。
使用体育活动水平量表、网络成瘾测试和主观幸福感量表对216名符合条件的大学生进行了调查。在这项工作中，依次进行了独立样本t检验、相关分析、层次回归分析和中介效应检验以进行数据分析。
研究揭示了大学生在体育活动和网络成瘾方面存在显著的性别差异（=-0.356，<0.01；=0.140，<0.05）。与女生相比，男生的体育活动水平较高，网络成瘾得分较低。体育活动和主观幸福感对网络成瘾具有显著的负向预测影响（=-0.162，<0.05；=-0.508，<0.001）。此外，主观幸福感在体育活动与网络成瘾的关系中起到了关键的中介作用，中介效应占总效应的72.81%。
本研究加深了对体育活动如何降低网络成瘾风险的理解，同时强调提高主观幸福感是大学生应对网络成瘾的有效策略。
