SynthesisFrontiers in psychology2025
The relationships among self-control, psychological resilience, and digital addiction in college students: a meta-analytic structural equation modeling.
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- Investigating the mediating roles of psychological resilience and digital addiction in the relationship between emotional intelligence and mental health: a meta-analytic structural equation modeling approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Examining the mediating roles of self-esteem and social support in the link between digital addiction and mental health: findings from a meta-analytic structural equation modeling study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Perceived physical literacy and academic procrastination among college students: a chain mediation model of self-control resource depletion and psychological resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Purpose: Digital addiction adversely affects the physical and mental well-being of college students. Comprehensive studies demonstrate that self-control has an inhibitory influence on digital addiction, with psychological resilience acting as a crucial mediating variable connecting self-control and digital addiction. Nevertheless, meta-analytic evidence supporting this mediating role is limited. Materials and methods: A meta-analysis employing structural equation modeling was conducted to examine the influence of self-control on digital addiction among college students. It encompassed 84 research studies and a total sample of 60,966 participants. Results: The findings indicate that psychological resilience modulates the connection between self-control and digital addiction, whereas self-control significantly influences digital addiction. This data suggests that when individuals exert considerable self-control to manage scholastic constraints or social responsibilities, their psychological resources drastically deplete, resulting in heightened digital media consumption. Moreover, self-regulated behaviors bolster psychological resilience by fostering a collection of good experiences, thereby diminishing escapist reliance on digital media. Conclusion: These findings elucidate the mediating process between self-control and digital addiction in college students, offering new intervention options and enhancing research on restricted self-control theory. Systematic review registration: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/DUZQM.
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