ArticlePsychology research and behavior management2022
Self-Control and Problematic Internet Use in College Students: The Chain Mediating Effect of Rejection Sensitivity and Loneliness.
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- Bedtime procrastination related to loneliness among Chinese university students during post-pandemic period: a moderated chain mediation model.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Factors Associated with Mental Health among Malaysian University Music Students: Roles of Fear of COVID-19, Nomophobia, Loneliness, Sleep Quality, and Socioeconomic Status.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The relationship between physical exercise and mobile phone addiction among Chinese college students: Testing mediation and moderation effects.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo explore the relationship between self-control, rejection sensitivity, loneliness, and problematic internet use in college students. PATIENTS AND
methodsA total of 725 college students were investigated using Self-control Scale, Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire, Loneliness Scale, and Internet Addiction Scale.
results① Correlation analysis showed that self-control was negatively related to rejection sensitivity, loneliness, and problematic internet use; rejection sensitivity was positively related to loneliness and problematic internet use; loneliness was positively related to problematic internet use. ② Chain mediating effect analysis showed that self-control can not only affect problematic internet use in college students, but also through three indirect paths, as follows: the mediating role of rejection sensitivity and loneliness, the chain mediating roles of rejection sensitivity and loneliness, and the mediating effect size, accounting for 9.76%, 20.73%, and 4.88% of the total effect, respectively.
conclusionRejection sensitivity and loneliness played a chain mediating role in the relationship between self-control and problematic internet use in college students.
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