Prevalence and Influencing Factors of Internet Addiction among University Students in China

ผู้แต่ง

  • Chunrong He PHD Management, School of Management, Shinawatra University
  • Eksiri Niyomsilp Management, School of Management, Shinawatra University

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Influencing Factors, Internet Addiction, University Students

บทคัดย่อ

This article aimed to explore the influencing factors of university students' Internet addiction and to promote university students to use the Internet scientifically and reasonably. In this study, qualitative research was conducted first. A total of 20 subjects were interviewed face-to-face. Based on the results of the qualitative study, a questionnaire was designed. After that, 419 data were collected and the SEM method was used to evaluate and confirm the results. The results showed that negative emotions played a partial mediating role between stressful life events and Internet addiction. Coping style had a moderating effect on the relationship between stressful life events and negative emotions in the mediation model, and also had a moderating effect on the relationship between negative emotions and Internet addiction, and also had a moderating effect on the relationship between stressful life events and Internet addiction. Self-control played a partial mediating role between the influence of others and Internet addiction. Therefore, it also recommended among others that university students, university educators, social institutions and governments should pay more attention to Internet addiction, effectively prevent them from using the Internet too much, so as to provide guidance for university students to improve the quality of Internet life and mental health.

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