Ding Jiahui, Sun Weiyi, Liu Jie, Chao Miao
Department of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, China.
Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, China.
Death Stud. 2025;49(9):1164-1174. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2024.2386065. Epub 2024 Aug 14.
The advancement of science and technology has facilitated the emergence of relationship dissolution strategies mediated by electronic communication, such as ghosting on social media. This study aims to investigate how the frequency of being ghosted online affects Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) in adolescents, exploring the mediating roles of social avoidance and depression. A structural equation model was employed to assess 887 Chinese adolescents. The results reveal a significant positive impact of being ghosted online on NSSI. Depression alone was identified as the mediator between being ghosted online and NSSI. Social avoidance and depression demonstrated a sequential mediating effect on the relationship between being ghosted online and NSSI. The findings underscore the mental health implications of being ghosted and emphasize the importance of interventions addressing both social avoidance and depression to mitigate the adverse impacts of being ghosted online on NSSI behaviors.
科学技术的进步推动了由电子通信介导的关系解除策略的出现，比如在社交媒体上玩消失。本研究旨在调查在网上被玩消失的频率如何影响青少年的非自杀性自伤行为（NSSI），探索社交回避和抑郁的中介作用。采用结构方程模型对887名中国青少年进行评估。结果显示，在网上被玩消失对NSSI有显著的正向影响。仅抑郁被确定为网上被玩消失与NSSI之间的中介。社交回避和抑郁在网上被玩消失与NSSI的关系中表现出顺序中介效应。研究结果强调了被玩消失对心理健康的影响，并强调了干预社交回避和抑郁以减轻网上被玩消失对NSSI行为的不利影响的重要性。
