ArticleFrontiers in psychology2022
The relationship between Internet addiction and childhood trauma in adolescents: The mediating role of social support.
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- The relationship between childhood trauma and internet addiction in adolescents: A meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Pooled it
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- The relationship between childhood psychological abuse and depression in college students: internet addiction as mediator, different dimensions of alexithymia as moderator.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The relationship between childhood psychological abuse and depression in college students: a moderated mediation model.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Influence of childhood trauma on adolescent internet addiction: The mediating roles of loneliness and negative coping styles.World journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- Video game addiction in psychiatric adolescent population: A hospital-based study on the role of individualism from South China.Brain and behavior · 2023Article
- Physical activity reduces internet addiction among "post-00" college students: The mediating role of coping styles.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background: Adolescents are at high risk of Internet addiction (IA). Previous studies have shown that the occurrence of IA may be associated with childhood trauma and social support to varying degrees. This study aimed to investigate the pathogenesis of IA in adolescents. Further, to explore the potential mediating role of social support in childhood trauma and IA. This study provides theoretical support for future interventions targeting IA in adolescents. Methods: This study used a descriptive cross-sectional design. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), and Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT) were used to conduct an anonymous questionnaire survey among randomly selected adolescents aged less than 18 years old in two cities in southern Anhui Province. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were used to test the correlation between IA and other variables. A binary logistic regression model was used to explore the influencing factors of IA. Multiple regression models were examined with process macro and bootstrapping to confirm significant mediating effects. Results: A total of 844 adolescents, equally divided between males and females, participated in this study, and the prevalence of IA in the region was 23.0%. Through the mediation test, the direct effect of childhood trauma on IA was 0.20 (95% CI [0.12, 0.27], Conclusion: The study showed that childhood trauma significantly affected the incidence of IA in adolescents. Social support had a significant mediating effect on childhood trauma and IA and attenuated its negative effects.
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