Internet use time and subjective well-being during the COVID-19 outbreak: serial mediation of problematic internet use and self-esteem

Abstract The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak is a threat to adolescents’ mental health and livelihoods, and lowers their subjective well-being (SWB). Expanding on previous literatures, this study examined whether internet use time was related to SWB and whether this relationship was mediated...

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Main Authors: Min-Pei Lin, Hsin-Yi Tseng, Yueh-Ting Lee, Wen-Ching Tang, Li-Hsuan Cheng, Jo Yung-Wei Wu, Jianing You
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-12-01
Series:BMC Psychology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01483-x