School victimization and Internet addiction among Chinese adolescents: The mediating roles of life satisfaction and loneliness
The present study investigated the possibility of life satisfaction and loneliness mediating the link between school victimization and Internet addiction. A total of 3,363 middle/high school students (45% males; Mage = 15.67 years old, SD = 1.58) completed a series of self-report questionnaires, whi...
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| description | The present study investigated the possibility of life satisfaction and loneliness mediating the link between school victimization and Internet addiction. A total of 3,363 middle/high school students (45% males; Mage = 15.67 years old, SD = 1.58) completed a series of self-report questionnaires, which included school victimization, life satisfaction, loneliness, and Internet addiction. The findings demonstrated a positive relationship between school victimization and Internet addiction. In addition, life satisfaction and loneliness mediated the link between school victimization and Internet addiction. Overall, these findings contribute to a better understanding of the association between school victimization and Internet addiction. They also extended the GST, providing suggestions for preventing and managing adolescents’ Internet addiction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41f7e818cf24473392c1fb32b430b17e2023-01-12T06:37:57ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-01-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10594861059486School victimization and Internet addiction among Chinese adolescents: The mediating roles of life satisfaction and lonelinessXinxin Shi0Xinxin Shi1Xinxin Shi2Rulin Wang3School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, ChinaSchool of Marxism, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, ChinaFaculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, ChinaThe present study investigated the possibility of life satisfaction and loneliness mediating the link between school victimization and Internet addiction. A total of 3,363 middle/high school students (45% males; Mage = 15.67 years old, SD = 1.58) completed a series of self-report questionnaires, which included school victimization, life satisfaction, loneliness, and Internet addiction. The findings demonstrated a positive relationship between school victimization and Internet addiction. In addition, life satisfaction and loneliness mediated the link between school victimization and Internet addiction. Overall, these findings contribute to a better understanding of the association between school victimization and Internet addiction. They also extended the GST, providing suggestions for preventing and managing adolescents’ Internet addiction.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1059486/fullschool victimizationlife satisfactionlonelinessInternet addictionadolescents |
| spellingShingle | Xinxin Shi Xinxin Shi Xinxin Shi Rulin Wang School victimization and Internet addiction among Chinese adolescents: The mediating roles of life satisfaction and loneliness Frontiers in Psychology school victimization life satisfaction loneliness Internet addiction adolescents |
| title | School victimization and Internet addiction among Chinese adolescents: The mediating roles of life satisfaction and loneliness |
| title_full | School victimization and Internet addiction among Chinese adolescents: The mediating roles of life satisfaction and loneliness |
| title_fullStr | School victimization and Internet addiction among Chinese adolescents: The mediating roles of life satisfaction and loneliness |
| title_full_unstemmed | School victimization and Internet addiction among Chinese adolescents: The mediating roles of life satisfaction and loneliness |
| title_short | School victimization and Internet addiction among Chinese adolescents: The mediating roles of life satisfaction and loneliness |
| title_sort | school victimization and internet addiction among chinese adolescents the mediating roles of life satisfaction and loneliness |
| topic | school victimization life satisfaction loneliness Internet addiction adolescents |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1059486/full |
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