Relationship Between Loneliness and Depression Among Chinese Junior High School Students: The Serial Mediating Roles of Internet Gaming Disorder, Social Network Use, and Generalized Pathological Internet Use

Frontiers in Psychology

Yun Yan¹  Xiangping Zhan¹  Yu Tian¹  Jun Wang¹  Peng Wang¹  Yingdong Si² 

[1] Department of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China;null;

关键词: loneliness;    internet gaming disorder;    social network use;    depression;    multiple mediating effects;    generalized pathological internet use;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.529665

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed to explore the mediating effects of internet gaming disorder, social network use, and generalized pathological internet use (GPIU) on the association between loneliness and depression. A total of 2211 junior high school students completed questionnaires regarding loneliness, internet gaming disorder, social network use, GPIU, and depression (aged 10–16 years). The results of a structural equation model revealed that (a) the path coefficient of loneliness to depression was significantly positive, (b) loneliness could not predict depression through GPIU directly, but (c) loneliness could predict depression through internet gaming disorder to GPIU, (d) loneliness could predict depression through social network use to GPIU, and (e) loneliness could not predict depression through internet gaming disorder to social network use to GPIU. These results provided significant implications for the prevention and reduction of depression in Chinese junior high school students.

【 授权许可】

CC BY