Sports interest mediating exercise and compulsive internet use among undergraduates

Ting, Julia Y.; Chien, Kuei-Pin; Dhir, Amandeep; Chen, Sufen

doi:10.1093/heapro/day046

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“…Previous studies implied that a higher level of internet use was associated with a higher level of physical exercise. [57][58][59] Furthermore, studies showed that physical exercise could stimulate dopamine secretion, which was a positive factor for mental health. 60,61 Based on this evidence, this study hypothesized that internet use may affect mental health by improving physical exercise frequency.…”

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The Relationship Between Internet Use and Mental Health Among Older Adults in China: The Mediating Role of Physical Exercise

Zhang¹,

Zhang²

2021

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Objective Affected by internet applications, mental health among older adults has become an important public health issue in China. This study aimed to use cross-sectional data to explore how internet use affects mental health among older adults in China, along with the moderating role of physical exercise in the above relationship. Methods This study employed data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) conducted in 2017. In addition, OLS regression was adopted to explore the impacts of internet use on the mental health of older adults in China. Results Results from the cross-sectional data model showed that internet use had a statistically significant and positive correlation with the mental health of older adults. The regression result of the full sample showed that the regression coefficient of the influence of internet use on the mental health of the elderly was 0.114, which was significant at the 1% level. Furthermore, this study used mediating analysis to explore the possible underlying mechanism by which internet use influenced mental health status through physical exercise. Physical exercise played a mediating role in the relationship between internet use and mental health; the ratio of the indirect effect to total effect mediated was 0.272. It is important to note that the effect size of the indirect effect through physical exercise was quite large. Conclusion Our findings suggested that internet use was significantly associated with better mental health status for older Chinese residents, mediated by higher physical exercise frequency, which was consistent with China’s recent efforts to promote health governance with the “Internet Plus Exercise” campaign. Consequently, the government must encourage the development of more internet applications suitable for the elderly to increase their exercise frequency and ultimately improve their mental health. These results also provided insights for clinical solutions.

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The Relationship Between Internet Use and Mental Health Among Older Adults in China: The Mediating Role of Physical Exercise

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Zhang²

2021

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“…Internet and electronic device addiction causes difficulty when attempting to control excessive behaviors related to Internet access, which then leads to distress or impairment. Other studies found evidence that internet and electronic device addiction increases the risk of many negative social and health consequences, including poor academic performance, deleterious personality effects, anxiety, and depression (Ting et al, 2019). Smartphone usage just prior to sleep is also significant factor for sleep deprivation in adolescent females.…”

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Effects of Electronic Devices and Internet Addiction on Sleep and Academic Performance Among Female Egyptian and Saudi Nursing Students: A Comparative Study

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Introduction The widespread availability of Internet access and increasing rate of electronic device usage has helped enlighten the world community through copious applications, information resources, and other benefits. However, both the lack of controlled behavior and excessive Internet usage have resulted in a variety of difficulties that can hinder user achievement in many areas. Objectives This study investigated the prevalence of Internet and electronic device addiction among Egyptian and Saudi nursing students, with the aim of identifying any effects on sleep and academic performance. Methods A cross-sectional comparative research design was employed among a systematic random sample comprised of 920 Egyptian and Saudi female nursing students. All participants completed the Young-Internet Addiction Test (IAT), Mobile Phone Involvement Questionnaire (MPIQ), and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). Results Severe Internet Addiction (IA) detected in 42.69% and 10.31% of Saudi and Egyptian participants, respectively. However, Saudi participants were more likely to report high rates of mobile phone usage ( P < 0.001), while Egyptian participants tended to score higher on the ESS (17.47 ± 3.99 vs. 16.8 ± 3.83; P = 0.024). For all participants, IAT and MPIQ scores were correlated with ESS results, while IA was specifically associated with poor academic performance. Finally, MPIQ scores were inversely correlated with academic performance for Saudi participants. Conclusion Smartphone and Internet addiction were notable problems for the Egyptian and Saudi nursing students investigated in this study. Importantly, these conditions adversely affect academic performance and other activity engagement in addition to inducing excessive daytime sleepiness.

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“…Furthermore, it compares whether two different types of social media fatigue (namely, SNS fatigue and MIM fatigue) are, in fact, different and if there are some platform-specific features, which are accountable for those differences. The current examination is both timely and relevant since, in the recent past, the different empirical studies examining both the dark or negative side (e.g., Dhir, Kaur, Chen, & Lonka, 2016;Dhir, Kaur, Lonka, & Nieminen, 2016) as well as the bright or positive side of social media (e.g., Dhir, Chen, & Chen, 2017;Dhir, Khalil, Kaur, & Rajala, 2018;Kaur, Dhir, Rajala, & Dwivedi, 2018;Ting, Chien, Dhir, & Chen, 2018) have exponentially increased. Furthermore, relatively recent systematic literature review (e.g., Kapoor et al, 2018) as well as citation, co-citation, and cluster analysis-based studies (e.g.…”

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Antecedents and consequences of social media fatigue

Dhir

Kaur

Chen

et al. 2019

International Journal of Information Management

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Prior literature suggests that social media users are increasingly experiencing social media fatigue.Only recently have scholars undertaken empirical studies to investigate its antecedents and outcomes to better understand the impact of fatigue on social media users. To further this understanding, the present study has conducted a cross-sectional survey with 1,552 users. The Stress-Strain-Outcome (SSO) theoretical framework is applied to examine if privacy concerns, self-disclosure, parental mediation strategies, and decrement in academic performance due to social media use correlate with social media fatigue. Two forms of fatigue are considered, namely, fatigue due to social networking site (SNS) and mobile instant messaging (MIM) use. The study results suggest that privacy concerns, self-disclosure, parental encouragement and worry significantly and positively correlate with SNS and MIM fatigue. Parental permission and parental monitoring are either not or lowly associated with fatigue. In addition to this, SNS and MIM fatigue positively correlated with the tendency to experience academic decrement due to social media use. The antecedents and consequences of social media fatigue were similar for SNS and MIM users. Moreover, students perceived their parents to be more open to their MIM use, and they had higher self-disclosure in MIM than in SNS. The study concludes with significant implications for practitioners, policy makers as well as service designers.

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Sports interest mediating exercise and compulsive internet use among undergraduates

Cited by 7 publications

References 33 publications

The Relationship Between Internet Use and Mental Health Among Older Adults in China: The Mediating Role of Physical Exercise

The Relationship Between Internet Use and Mental Health Among Older Adults in China: The Mediating Role of Physical Exercise

Effects of Electronic Devices and Internet Addiction on Sleep and Academic Performance Among Female Egyptian and Saudi Nursing Students: A Comparative Study

Antecedents and consequences of social media fatigue

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