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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021

The Association Between Generalized and Specific Problematic Internet Use and Its Gender Differences Across Different Educational Levels.

Yu Tian, Tengfei Zuo, Qianqian Sun, Lu Sun, Sheng Cao, Ningbo Qin

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yu TianDepartment of Marxism, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
Tengfei ZuoShandong Research Center for Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Jinan, China.
Qianqian SunDepartment of Marxism, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
Lu SunDepartment of Marxism, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
Sheng CaoDepartment of Marxism, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
Ningbo QinDepartment of Marxism, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
Qingdao University of Science and Technology · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study had two aims: to test the effect and the effect size of specific problematic Internet use (SPIU) [online shopping, online pornography, social network site (SNS) usage, and Internet gaming] on generalized problematic Internet use (GPIU) and to reveal the gender differences in GPIU and SPIU for students from the elementary school level to the university level. In total, 5,215 Chinese students (2,303 males, mean age = 16.20 years, range = 10-23 years) from four types of schools (elementary school, junior high school, senior high school, and university) provided self-report data on demographic variables (gender and educational levels), online shopping, online pornography, SNS usage, Internet gaming, and GPIU. After calculations had been controlled for demographic variables, the results indicated that (i) online shopping, online pornography, SNS usage, and Internet gaming positively predicted GPIU-and Internet gaming was the most critical predictor of GPIU-and that (ii) gender differences were revealed in Internet gaming and GPIU in all educational levels, except at senior high school where the gender differences in GPIU were not significant. Significant gender differences were found for online shopping and online pornography for all educational levels above elementary school. These results provided further understanding of the association between GPIU and SPIU and gender differences in PIU, which suggested that gender differences across different educational levels should be considered in interventions of PIU.

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cognitive–behavioral modelgender differenceGPIUSPIUstudy period difference

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