Sun Hong, Yu Yang
College of Teacher Education, Taishan University, Tai'an, China.
Front Psychol. 2024 Aug 29;15:1439692. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1439692. eCollection 2024.
The potential adverse effects of problematic internet use (PIU) on individuals' offline personalities have been a significant concern in internet psychology. This study aimed to investigate the negative effects of PIU on shyness and the mediating role of self-regulation, as well as the moderating role of social comparison orientation. A total of 1,322 adolescents from China participated in the survey. The results indicated that: (1) PIU positively predicted shyness; (2) self-regulation partially mediated the relationship between PIU and shyness; (3) social comparison orientation moderated the mediation effect, specifically buffering the negative prediction of PIU on self-regulation, but exacerbating the negative predictive effect of self-regulation on shyness. The findings explored and verified the psychosocial effects of the internet, contributing to a deeper understanding of how PIU affects individual personality traits and offering insights into its role in broader social behavior patterns.
问题性互联网使用（PIU）对个体线下人格的潜在负面影响一直是互联网心理学中的一个重要关注点。本研究旨在探讨PIU对羞怯的负面影响以及自我调节的中介作用，还有社会比较取向的调节作用。共有1322名来自中国的青少年参与了该调查。结果表明：（1）PIU正向预测羞怯；（2）自我调节部分中介了PIU与羞怯之间的关系；（3）社会比较取向调节了中介效应，具体而言，缓冲了PIU对自我调节的负向预测，但加剧了自我调节对羞怯的负向预测作用。这些发现探索并验证了互联网的心理社会效应，有助于更深入地理解PIU如何影响个体人格特质，并为其在更广泛社会行为模式中的作用提供见解。
