ArticleFrontiers in psychology2022
Social Self-Efficacy and Internet Gaming Disorder Among Chinese Undergraduates: The Mediating Role of Alexithymia and the Moderating Role of Empathy.
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- The Effect of Alexithymia, Metacognitive Beliefs and Self-Efficacy on Disability in Patients With Schizophrenia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing · 2026Article
- Alexithymia and clinical communication competence in nursing interns in China with the mediating role of self-efficacy.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Development and validation of the College Students' Social Self-Efficacy Questionnaire.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Neurophysiological indicators of self-efficacy in internet gaming disorder: evidence from late positive potentials.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Relationship between adolescent gaming addiction and myopia, ocular surface condition, and health status: a questionnaire based cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Childhood emotional abuse and suicidal ideation in college students: exploring the mediating role of alexithymia and the moderating effect of physical exercise.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- On the Relationship Between Alexithymia and Social Cognition: A Systematic Review.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2024Review
- Press Play to Feel: The Role of Attachment Styles and Alexithymic Features in Problematic Gaming.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
As an increasingly serious social problem, Internet gaming disorder (IGD) of college students may be related to their social self-efficacy. However, the relationship and its internal mechanisms underlying are still unclear. The current study tested the mediating effect of alexithymia in the association between social self-efficacy and IGD, and whether this mediating process was moderated by empathy. Social Self-Efficacy Scale (PSSE), Chinese version of Internet Game Addiction Scale (IGAS-C), Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and Interpersonal Response Scale (IRI-C) were adopted to examine the model on 888 Chinese college students. The results indicated that social self-efficacy was significantly negatively associate with IGD. Mediation analysis illustrated that alexithymia mediated the association between social self-efficacy and IGD. Further, moderated mediation analysis manifested that the mediated effects was stronger for lower level of empathy. The conclusions corroborate and clarify the mechanisms that alexithymia mediated the association between social self-efficacy and IGD, and the mediation effects is moderated
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