Role of Alexithymia in Predicting Internet Novel Addiction through Boredom Proneness

Liu, Yuying; Chen, Lei; Wang, Zhiyan; Guo, Ge; Zhang, Mingming; Chen, Shunsen

doi:10.3390/ijerph19148708

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“…Then, the use of self-report questionnaires introduces the potential for biases related to social desirability, participants’ difficulty in accurately assessing themselves, and misinterpretation of questions; therefore, this topic should be explored further by including, for example, qualitative and/or other-report measures. Moreover, we did not use any measure of alexithymia, despite its possible involvement in the development of boredom [ 30 , 51 ]; hence, future studies should include different measures of emotion dysregulation to provide a more nuanced perspective on this matter. Finally, the cross-sectional research design did not enable us to unravel the causal and temporal relations among the constructs.…”

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“…For example, elevated levels of alexithymia were found to be related to high levels of trait boredom in a sample of undergraduate students [ 30 ]. Moreover, Liu et al [ 51 ] found a significant and positive association between boredom propensity and alexithymia in a group of Chinese college students, with boredom propensity partially mediating the effect of alexithymia on Internet novel addiction. To our knowledge, only two works, both conducted on adult samples during the COVID-19 pandemic, have considered emotion dysregulation as conceptualized by Gratz and Roemer [ 40 ].…”

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Emotion dysregulation and psychopathological symptoms in non-clinical adolescents: The mediating role of boredom and social media use

Iannattone,

Mezzalira,

Bottesi

et al. 2024

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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Background Emotion dysregulation, boredom, and problematic social media use are well-known vulnerability factors for psychopathology during adolescence; nevertheless, the interplay between these factors remains underinvestigated in the literature. Therefore, the present cross-sectional study aimed to explore the mediating role of boredom and problematic social media use in the relations between emotion dysregulation and both internalizing and externalizing problems in a non-clinical group of Italian adolescents. Method 721 students (64.6% girls; Mage = 15.49 years ± 1.82) were involved and completed self-report tools assessing emotion dysregulation, boredom, problematic social media use, and psychopathological symptoms. Path analysis was used to test whether boredom and problematic social media use mediated the relation between emotion dysregulation and psychopathology, distinguishing between internalizing and externalizing problems. Results Path models showed that emotion dysregulation predicted both internalizing and externalizing problems, as well as boredom and problematic social media use. Importantly, boredom mediated the associations between emotion dysregulation and both psychopathological dimensions, while problematic social media use mediated only the relation with externalizing problems. Conclusions Our results highlight that the influence of emotion dysregulation on psychopathology can manifest through different paths, leading to specific symptomatology based on interactions between various variables. In particular, boredom seems to be a transdiagnostic factor for psychopathology in adolescence, whereas problematic social media use would be a dimension-specific factor. The practical implications of these findings are discussed.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Emotion dysregulation and psychopathological symptoms in non-clinical adolescents: The mediating role of boredom and social media use

Iannattone,

Mezzalira,

Bottesi

et al. 2024

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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“…4 First of all, individuals with alexithymia increase their susceptibility to boredom due to deficiencies in their attention-evaluation cognitive system. 11,23,58 People with alexithymia have a higher tendency to be bored than the general population. 24 The higher the degree of alexithymia, the more pronounced the tendency to boredom.…”

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“…24 The higher the degree of alexithymia, the more pronounced the tendency to boredom. 58 It's a sign of a lack of meaning. In addition, individuals with high alexithymia often suffer from varying degrees of quality of life impairment, 25,26 and they often have difficulty finding meaning in their lives.…”

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Alexithymia and Internet Addiction in Children: Meaning in Life as Mediator and Reciprocal Filial Piety as Moderator

Li,

Yue,

Zhang

2023

PRBM

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To explore the psychological mechanism between alexithymia and Internet addiction, the present study constructed a moderated mediation model based on the problem behavior theory. Methods: A total of 899 middle school students (M age =13.95, SD=1.10) were surveyed using the 20-item Toronto-alexithymia-scale, meaning in life questionnaire, dual filial piety scale, and Internet addiction disorder diagnostic scale. Results: First, alexithymia was significantly negatively correlated with meaning in life and reciprocal filial piety, and positively correlated with Internet addiction; meaning in life was significantly positively correlated with reciprocal filial piety, and negatively correlated with Internet addiction; reciprocal filial piety was significantly positively correlated with authoritarian filial piety, and negatively correlated with Internet addiction. Second, alexithymia could not only directly predict Internet addiction, but also indirectly predict Internet addiction through meaning in life. Third, reciprocal filial piety played a moderating role between meaning in life and Internet addiction, while authoritarian filial piety did not. For middle school students with low reciprocal filial piety, meaning in life can negatively predict Internet addiction; for those with high reciprocal filial piety, there is no correlation between meaning in life and Internet addiction. Conclusion:This study reveals the internal mechanism of the relationship between alexithymia and Internet addiction in middle school students, emphasizes the role of positive psychology and family environment, and provides specific evidence and theoretical guidance for preventing Internet addiction in middle school students.

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The relationship between mental health and mobile banking adoption: evidence from Canada

Amirkhalili,

Cozzarin,

Dimitrov

2024

Electron Commer Res

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Role of Alexithymia in Predicting Internet Novel Addiction through Boredom Proneness

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Emotion dysregulation and psychopathological symptoms in non-clinical adolescents: The mediating role of boredom and social media use

Emotion dysregulation and psychopathological symptoms in non-clinical adolescents: The mediating role of boredom and social media use

Alexithymia and Internet Addiction in Children: Meaning in Life as Mediator and Reciprocal Filial Piety as Moderator

The relationship between mental health and mobile banking adoption: evidence from Canada

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