A moderated mediation model of the relationship between quality of social relationships and internet addiction: mediation by loneliness and moderation by dispositional optimism

Guo, Ying; You, Xuqun; Gu, Ying; Wu, Guoqiang; Xu, Chuanliang

doi:10.1007/s12144-018-9829-3

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“…This fascination with a character could also be related with another significant predictor— using TV series as a means to deal with loneliness, which is often related to a tendency to create parasocial relationships with fictional characters ( 39 , 81 ). Studies show that loneliness is yet another negative emotion that people often wish to avoid by engaging in either excessive binge-watching or the problematic use of the Internet, with fictional characters then replacing their lack of social connexions so that a person does not feel as lonely ( 79 , 81 , 82 ). We also found that social motivation is a non-significant predictor of problematic binge-watching.…”

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Impulsivity and Difficulties in Emotional Regulation as Predictors of Binge-Watching Behaviours

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Recently, the question about the potentially problematic characteristics of binge-watching behaviours has been raised in the contemporary literature. Binge-watching is a highly popular behaviour that involves watching multiple episodes of TV series in one sitting. Studies show that binge-watching can be both an entertaining, but also a potentially problematic, behaviour. Therefore, this research aimed to answer the question about how impulsivity, difficulties in emotional regulation, and one's motivations around why they want to watch a TV series predict problematic binge-watching among a group of Polish young adults. The research group consisted of 645 participants. The following tools were then used to measure the study variables: the Impulsive Behaviour Scale, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, the Viewing Motivation Scale, and the Questionnaire of Excessive Binge-watching. Furthermore, a regression analysis was performed on the responses to each measure in order to answer our research questions. Our results show that a lack of premeditation, impulse control difficulties, and having an escapist motivation are all significant predictors of problematic binge-watching behaviours. Furthermore, one's motivations around dealing with loneliness, their motivations around how to best spend their free time, as well as their informative and entertaining motivations were also found to be significant predictors of problematic binge-watching behaviours.

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Impulsivity and Difficulties in Emotional Regulation as Predictors of Binge-Watching Behaviours

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“…Even mild loneliness can affect physical health ( Chen et al, 2019 ). For example, loneliness was found to partially mediate the association between the quality of social relationships and internet addiction ( Guo et al, 2020 ), which was found to be more likely among individuals with a strong sense of loneliness. Loneliness can also lead to a decline in sleep quality ( Majeno et al, 2018 ).…”

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Self-Support and Loneliness Among Chinese Primary School Students: A Moderated Mediation Model

Yao

Pang²,

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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This study examined the effect of self-support on loneliness, the mediation effect of school belonging, and the moderation effect of self-esteem using a sample comprising 1,126 Chinese mainland primary school students, 621 are boys and 505 are girls, and their mean age was 10.51 years (SD = 1.63, range 8–13). Participants completed questionnaires regarding self-support, loneliness, school belonging and self-esteem. In the model hypothesis, self-support is an independent variable, loneliness is an outcome variable, school belonging is a mediating variable, and self-esteem is a regulatory variable. After controlling the demographic variables, the data were analyzed, and the results showed that: (1) self-support had a significantly negative predictive effect on loneliness; (2) the relation between self-support and loneliness was mediated by school belonging; and (3) the relation between school belonging and loneliness was moderated by self-esteem, supporting the moderated mediation model. Moderated mediation analysis further indicated that the mediated path make loneliness weaker for pupils with higher levels of self-esteem. These results revealed the formation mechanism of loneliness in primary school students and have certain enlightenment significance for the intervention of loneliness in primary school students. These results revealed the formation mechanism of loneliness among primary school students and have significant implications for interventions against loneliness in the primary school context.

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“…However, studies of this kind are currently few and far between. Some studies showed there were shortcomings in social skills associated with social interactions and Internet addiction (Engelberg and Sjöberg, 2004;Guo et al, 2018;Wichstrom et al, 2019). A social skill that could affect someone's life adjustment, academic and occupational performance, is defined as one's ability to interact with others (Argyle, 1983).…”

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Social Media Addiction and Empathy: Moderating impact of personality traits among high school students

Dalvi-Esfahani

Niknafs

Alaedini

et al. 2021

Telematics and Informatics

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A moderated mediation model of the relationship between quality of social relationships and internet addiction: mediation by loneliness and moderation by dispositional optimism

Cited by 20 publications

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Impulsivity and Difficulties in Emotional Regulation as Predictors of Binge-Watching Behaviours

Impulsivity and Difficulties in Emotional Regulation as Predictors of Binge-Watching Behaviours

Self-Support and Loneliness Among Chinese Primary School Students: A Moderated Mediation Model

Social Media Addiction and Empathy: Moderating impact of personality traits among high school students

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