Factors influencing internet addiction among university students: The mediating roles of self-control and anxiety
This study aims to explore the key factors affecting internet addiction among college students, analyzing how stress, social support, self-efficacy, self-control, and anxiety influence internet addiction and their interrelationships and mechanisms. A structured survey was administered to 538 student...
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| description | This study aims to explore the key factors affecting internet addiction among college students, analyzing how stress, social support, self-efficacy, self-control, and anxiety influence internet addiction and their interrelationships and mechanisms. A structured survey was administered to 538 students from Zhengzhou Vocational University of Information and Technology, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Henan Polytechnic, employing a two-stage Structural Equation Modeling-Artificial Neural Network (SEM-ANN) to uncover non-compensatory and non-linear relationships. The findings indicate stress, self-control, pleasure, anxiety, self-efficacy, and social support as significant predictors of internet addiction, providing theoretical and practical insights into mitigating internet addiction. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ea8fe1f76df34932abce20710fc1ea432025-08-20T02:13:23ZengElsevierActa Psychologica0001-69182024-10-0125010453510.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104535Factors influencing internet addiction among university students: The mediating roles of self-control and anxietyMan Chen0Xinyu Zhang1Corresponding author.; Research Center of Continuing Education and Digitalization, Henan Open University, Zhengzhou 450046, ChinaResearch Center of Continuing Education and Digitalization, Henan Open University, Zhengzhou 450046, ChinaThis study aims to explore the key factors affecting internet addiction among college students, analyzing how stress, social support, self-efficacy, self-control, and anxiety influence internet addiction and their interrelationships and mechanisms. A structured survey was administered to 538 students from Zhengzhou Vocational University of Information and Technology, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Henan Polytechnic, employing a two-stage Structural Equation Modeling-Artificial Neural Network (SEM-ANN) to uncover non-compensatory and non-linear relationships. The findings indicate stress, self-control, pleasure, anxiety, self-efficacy, and social support as significant predictors of internet addiction, providing theoretical and practical insights into mitigating internet addiction.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000169182400413XCollege studentsSelf-controlAnxietyInternet addiction |
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| title | Factors influencing internet addiction among university students: The mediating roles of self-control and anxiety |
| title_full | Factors influencing internet addiction among university students: The mediating roles of self-control and anxiety |
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| title_short | Factors influencing internet addiction among university students: The mediating roles of self-control and anxiety |
| title_sort | factors influencing internet addiction among university students the mediating roles of self control and anxiety |
| topic | College students Self-control Anxiety Internet addiction |
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