Jianhua He, Haoliang Zhu, Kanze Li, Shuhui Xu
School of Mechanical Engineering, Tongling University, Anhui, China.
Department of Psychology, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, China.
Front Psychol. 2025 Apr 25;16:1557781. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1557781. eCollection 2025.
Previous studies have explored various personality and emotional variables influencing internet addiction. However, few have examined the impact mechanism of legal cognition on internet addiction. This study examined the relationship between belief in a just world and internet addiction, investigating whether legal cognition could moderate the effect of belief in a just world on internet addiction.
The study used the Belief in a Just World Scale, the Internet Addiction Scale, and the Legal Cognition Assessment Scale to survey 532 college students from universities in mainland China.
Correlation analysis indicated a significant negative correlation between belief in a just world and internet addiction; belief in a just world negatively predicted internet addiction, and both the overall score of legal cognition and abstract legal cognition moderated this relationship.
College students' internet addiction was influenced by belief in a just world and legal cognition, suggesting that interventions for internet addiction among college students could involve cognitive-behavioral therapy and education on the rule of law.
以往研究探讨了影响网络成瘾的各种人格和情绪变量。然而,很少有研究考察法律认知对网络成瘾的影响机制。本研究考察了公正世界信念与网络成瘾之间的关系,探讨法律认知是否能够调节公正世界信念对网络成瘾的影响。
本研究采用公正世界信念量表、网络成瘾量表和法律认知评估量表,对中国大陆高校的532名大学生进行了调查。
相关分析表明,公正世界信念与网络成瘾之间存在显著负相关;公正世界信念能负向预测网络成瘾,且法律认知总分和抽象法律认知均能调节这种关系。
大学生的网络成瘾受到公正世界信念和法律认知的影响,这表明对大学生网络成瘾的干预措施可包括认知行为疗法和法治教育。