Perceived Stress and Internet Addiction Among Chinese College Students: Mediating Effect of Procrastination and Moderating Effect of Flow

Frontiers in Psychology

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Zhun Gong¹  Liyun Wang¹  Haijiao Wang¹ 

[1] Department of Psychological Health Education, Normal College, Qingdao University;Qingdao Psychological and Mental Health Research Institute, Qingdao University

关键词: internet addiction;    perceived stress;    flow;    procrastination;    college students;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.632461

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Perceived stress, Internet addiction and procrastination are common issues among college students. Based on the Compensatory Internet Use (CIU) model and emotion regulation theory, this study aims to explore two possible mechanisms for the connection between perceived stress and Internet addiction: mediating effect of procrastination and moderating effect of flow experience on the Internet. Cross-sectional design and questionnaire survey were used in this study. Data were collected from 446 college students who voluntarily completed self-reporting of perceived stress, internet addiction, procrastination and flow. Potential relationship structure and moderation model between variables was calculated during the process. The results revealed that there were significant associations among perceived stress, Internet addiction, procrastination and flow. The results also showed that procrastination plays a mediating role between perceptual stress and Internet addiction, flow plays a moderating role between them. The results emphasized the importance of the intention behind college students’ overuse of the Internet. These results also provided a perspective of finding the possible causes of Internet addiction in college students, that is, individuals use the Internet to avoid stress and procrastinate, and the mobile experience on the Internet also affects the process.

【 授权许可】

CC BY