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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Zeng, Guang
• Zhang, Lijin
• Fung, Sai-fu
• Li, Jingwen
• Liu, Yi-Man
• Xiong, Zi-Ke
• Jiang, Zhi-Quan
• Zhu, Fang-Fang
• Chen, Zhen-Ting
• Luo, Si-Ding
• Yu, Ping
• Huang, Qian

Titel

Problematic Internet Usage and Self-Esteem in Chinese Undergraduate Students: The Mediation Effects of Individual Affect and Relationship Satisfaction

Ist Teil von

• International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021-06, Vol.18 (13), p.6949

Ort / Verlag

Basel: MDPI AG

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the mediating effects of individual affect and relationship satisfaction on the relationship between self-esteem and Problematic Internet Use (PIU). Affect was measured using the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), relationship satisfaction was assessed using a positive and negative semantic dimension scale, self-esteem was measured using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and PIU was measured using the Problematic Internet Use scale with a sample of 507 Chinese university students (Mage = 20.41 years, SD = 2.49). The relationships between the variables were tested using structural equation modelling with a multiple mediation model. The results revealed that negative affect and the negative semantic dimensions of relationship satisfaction mediated the relationship between self-esteem and PIU. The implications of the results and the study’s theoretical contributions are discussed.