Zheng GuangFeng, Peng HaoYan
Student Affairs Department, Guangdong Mechanical &Electrical Polytechnic, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, People's Republic of China.
Student Affairs Department, Guangzhou Vocational College of Science and Technology Trade, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, People's Republic of China.
Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2025 Jul 14;18:1571-1584. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S522652. eCollection 2025.
While prior research has predominantly examined the direct effects of social media addiction, academic stress, and sleep quality on anxiety symptoms, the role of underlying mechanisms remains insufficiently explored. This study seeks to systematically investigate how social media addiction, academic stress, and sleep quality influence anxiety symptoms through the mediating mechanism of self-efficacy.
This study employed a cross-sectional survey design, using stratified random sampling to recruit 469 Chinese adolescents aged 12-18.Various tools were used for measurement, including the Social Media Addiction Scale, the Academic Stress Scale, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale, and the General Self-Efficacy Scale. Correlation analysis and mediation effect analysis were conducted using SPSS 26.0.
After controlling for covariates such as gender, the results indicated significant correlations between social media addiction, academic stress, sleep quality, and anxiety symptoms in adolescents. Self-efficacy played a crucial mediating role in this process.
These findings provide new insights into the causes of anxiety symptoms among Chinese adolescents and offer a theoretical basis for future psychological health intervention strategies.
虽然先前的研究主要考察了社交媒体成瘾、学业压力和睡眠质量对焦虑症状的直接影响，但潜在机制的作用仍未得到充分探索。本研究旨在系统地探究社交媒体成瘾、学业压力和睡眠质量如何通过自我效能感的中介机制影响焦虑症状。
本研究采用横断面调查设计，通过分层随机抽样招募了469名12至18岁的中国青少年。使用了多种工具进行测量，包括社交媒体成瘾量表、学业压力量表、匹兹堡睡眠质量指数、广泛性焦虑障碍-7量表和一般自我效能量表。使用SPSS 26.0进行相关分析和中介效应分析。
在控制了性别等协变量后，结果表明青少年的社交媒体成瘾、学业压力、睡眠质量和焦虑症状之间存在显著相关性。自我效能感在这一过程中起到了关键的中介作用。
这些发现为中国青少年焦虑症状的成因提供了新的见解，并为未来的心理健康干预策略提供了理论依据。
