The mediating effect of loneliness between social support and mobile social media dependence
10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20220804-00439
- VernacularTitle:大学生社会支持与手机社交媒体依赖：孤独感的中介作用
- Author:
Yujuan WANG
1
;
Shanshan QI
;
Juan XIE
Author Information
1. 重庆理工大学知识产权学院大学生心理健康教育教研室，重庆 400054
- Keywords:
Undergraduate;
Mobile social media dependence;
Social support;
Loneliness
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2023;32(5):426-430
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the mediating effect of loneliness between social support and mobile social media dependence.Methods:From May to June 2021, a survey was conducted on 559 college students selected from a cluster by mobile social media dependence questionnaire, multidimensional scale of perceived social support and loneliness scale.SPSS 21.0 statistical software and PROCESS v3.5 program were used to test the mediating effect.Results:The total score of college students' dependence on mobile social media was (3.27±0.56), the saliency score was (3.51±0.60), the social gain score was (3.02±0.69), the compulsive score was (3.33±0.74), the conflicting score was (3.35±0.68), and the withdrawal score was (3.13±0.72). The mediating effect test found that loneliness played a complete mediating effect between social support and mobile social media dependence.The Bootstrap 95% CI interval corrected for the deviation of the indirect effect was -0.176--0.090, which did not contain 0 value.Similarly, loneliness also played a complete mediating role between social support and social gain, compulsive, conflict and withdrawal. Conclusion:Social support can affect mobile social media dependence through loneliness.It is suggested to reduce excessive loneliness as much as possible by cultivating students' ability to establish and maintain social support system, so as to use mobile social media rationally.
