Mediating effect of perceived social support and relative deprivation among life events and Internet addiction in college students
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2017.09.013
- VernacularTitle:大学生的领悟社会支持与相对剥夺感在生活事件与网络成瘾中的中介作用
- Author:
Qiang Feng GAO
1
;
Yu Jing GENG
;
Qiang Yue REN
;
Yong Hua YANG
;
Lei HAN
Author Information
1. 山东师范大学心理学院
- Keywords:
life events;
perceived social support;
relative deprivation;
Internet addiction;
mediating effect
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2017;31(9):734-738
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the mediating roles of perceived social support and relative deprivation in the relationships between life events and Internet addiction among Chinese college students.Methods:Totally 413 college students (200 males and 213 females,aged 16-21 years),completed the Relative Deprivation Questionnaire,Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Check List,Perceived Social Support Scale and Chinese Internet Addiction Scale Revised to measure the level of relative deprivation,life events,perceived social support and Internet addiction.The Bollen-Stine of structural equation modeling and Bootstrap were used to test the mediating effect of perceived social support and relative deprivation on the relationship between life events and Internet addiction.Results:The scores of PSSS were negatively correlated with the scores of ASLEC,RDQ,and CIAS-R (r=0.11-0.36,Ps ＜0.05).The scores of ASLEC,RDQ,and CIAS-R were positively correlated with each other (r=0.14-0.23,Ps ＜ 0.01).Path analyses showed that the ASLEC scores were not associated with the CIAS-R scores directly (β =0.11,P ＞0.05),but indirectly through the mediating roles of the scores of PSSS and RDQ and the chain mediating effect of them among Chinese college students.The structural equation model could be accepted by Bollen-Stine Bootstrap (P ＜0.01).The confidence interval from Bootstrap output of the mediating effects of the scores of PSSS and RDQ and the chain mediating effect of them were (0.010,0.103),(0.002,0.032) and (0.005,0.061) respectively.Conclusion:It suggests that life events could not directly affect Internet addiction,but indirectly lead to Internet addiction through reducing perceived social support and increasing relative deprivation.
