ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026
Night running and internet addiction among university students: a serial mediation model of stress/anxiety and rumination.
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Background: Internet addiction (IA) is prevalent among university students and is often linked to negative affect and maladaptive cognition. Time-specific physical activity such as night running may relate to IA, but the psychological mechanisms remain underexplored. Objective: This study examined the association between night running and IA and tested whether stress/anxiety and rumination mediate this relationship in a serial pathway. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among 1,138 undergraduates from two universities in Guangdong Province, China. Night running frequency (after 7:00 p.m.) was assessed using an adapted IPAQ-SF item. Stress/anxiety was measured with the DASS-21, rumination with the Ruminative Responses Scale, and IA with the Internet Addiction Test. Correlations were computed and a serial mediation model was tested using bootstrapping. Results: Night running was negatively correlated with stress/anxiety ( Conclusion: Night running is associated with lower IA among university students, partly through reduced stress/anxiety and reduced rumination, supporting a partial serial mediation model.
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