ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
The relationship between college students' belief in a just world and internet addiction: the moderating effect of legal cognition.
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- Legal Literacy in Clinical Nursing Practice: A Walker and Avant Concept Analysis.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Article
- From victim to bully: unpacking moral disengagement and the buffering effect of legal cognition.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The relationship between college students' legal cognition and maladaptive risk-taking behaviors: the moderating effect of need for cognitive closure.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Previous studies have explored various personality and emotional variables influencing internet addiction. However, few have examined the impact mechanism of legal cognition on internet addiction. This study examined the relationship between belief in a just world and internet addiction, investigating whether legal cognition could moderate the effect of belief in a just world on internet addiction. Methods: The study used the Belief in a Just World Scale, the Internet Addiction Scale, and the Legal Cognition Assessment Scale to survey 532 college students from universities in mainland China. Results: Correlation analysis indicated a significant negative correlation between belief in a just world and internet addiction; belief in a just world negatively predicted internet addiction, and both the overall score of legal cognition and abstract legal cognition moderated this relationship. Conclusions: College students' internet addiction was influenced by belief in a just world and legal cognition, suggesting that interventions for internet addiction among college students could involve cognitive-behavioral therapy and education on the rule of law.
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