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The effect of physical activities on internet addiction in college students: the mediating effect of self-control.
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- The relationships among self-control, psychological resilience, and digital addiction in college students: a meta-analytic structural equation modeling.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Physical exercise moderates the mediating effect of sleep quality between internet addiction and college students' academic burnout.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Mindfulness exercise and quality of life among nursing students: the mediating roles of self-control and internet addiction.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- The relationship between harsh parenting and adolescent cyberbullying: a network analysis.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Night running and internet addiction among university students: a serial mediation model of stress/anxiety and rumination.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Internet addiction and appearance anxiety among university students in Shanghai: upward social comparison as a mediator and autonomous participation in physical activity as a moderator.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Latent profiles of problematic internet use and their associations with physical activity levels among college students: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Health information addiction and older adults' health product purchases: the mediating role of perceived illness severity and social support.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Investigating the Relationship between Loneliness, Physical Activity, and Internet Addiction: The Mediating Role of Academic Burnout and Self-Control.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Relationship between soccer physical activity enjoyment and internet addiction among adolescents: the chain mediating effect of emotional self-efficacy and athlete participation.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: To investigate the relationship between college students' physical activities and Internet addiction, to investigate the role self-control control plays in this relationship, and to provide a theoretical foundation for the alleviation of college students' tendency to Internet addiction and intervention treatment. Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted on 471 college students using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), the Revised Chen Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS-R), and the Self-Control Scale (SCS). Results: Internet addiction was significantly negatively correlated with physical activities (overall; min/WK, Conclusion: Physical activity can have a direct negative effect on college students' Internet addiction, and also influence Internet addiction through the mediating effect of self-control.
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