Pub Date : 2023-11-02DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2023.2244788
Zhirui Chen, Wenchen Guo, Qingxiang Zeng
This study investigated the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and gamebullying among youths, and the roles of mindfulness and Machiavellianism in that relationship. The study sample comprised 504 Chinese youths (female = 51.2%) who completed the Childhood Emotional Abuse Scale, Gamebullying Scale, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, and Machiavellianism Scale. Path analysis results indicated a history of childhood emotional abuse to predict gamebullying. Mindfulness mediated the relationship with childhood emotional abuse to predict gamebullying to be lower. Machiavellianism mediated the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and gamebullying to be higher. In our sample, demographic variables, including gender and education, did not predict gamebullying. Younger youths had lower levels of gamebullying than older youths. These findings indicate a need to reduce gamebullying among youths with a history of adverse childhood events. Mindfulness healing can be used to lower the negative effects of gamebullying.
{"title":"Childhood emotional abuse and gamebullying among Chinese youths: The mediating roles of mindfulness and Machiavellianism","authors":"Zhirui Chen, Wenchen Guo, Qingxiang Zeng","doi":"10.2989/17280583.2023.2244788","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/17280583.2023.2244788","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and gamebullying among youths, and the roles of mindfulness and Machiavellianism in that relationship. The study sample comprised 504 Chinese youths (female = 51.2%) who completed the Childhood Emotional Abuse Scale, Gamebullying Scale, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, and Machiavellianism Scale. Path analysis results indicated a history of childhood emotional abuse to predict gamebullying. Mindfulness mediated the relationship with childhood emotional abuse to predict gamebullying to be lower. Machiavellianism mediated the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and gamebullying to be higher. In our sample, demographic variables, including gender and education, did not predict gamebullying. Younger youths had lower levels of gamebullying than older youths. These findings indicate a need to reduce gamebullying among youths with a history of adverse childhood events. Mindfulness healing can be used to lower the negative effects of gamebullying.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"12 1","pages":"556 - 562"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139290802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2279374
Wenwu Dai, Xiuchao Wei, Qiuyi Li, Zhihui Yang
This study explored the relationship between interpersonal sensitivity and life satisfaction among college students, the mediating effect of smartphone addiction, and the moderating effect of connectedness to nature. A total of 702 college students (453 females, Meanage = 19.60 years, SD = 1.33 years) completed the Interpersonal Sensitivity Scale, Mobile Phone Addiction Index, Connectedness to Nature Scale, and Satisfaction with Life Scale. Following moderated mediation analysis, the results showed that smartphone addiction mediated the relationship between interpersonal sensitivity and life satisfaction among college students. Furthermore, connectedness to nature did not moderate the relationship between interpersonal sensitivity and life satisfaction among college students, but it moderated the relationship between smartphone addiction and life satisfaction among college students. These findings identified both risk factors and protective factors that influence life satisfaction among college students, providing valuable guidance for enhancing their life satisfaction.
{"title":"Interpersonal sensitivity, smartphone addiction, connectedness to nature and life satisfaction among college students: A moderated mediation model","authors":"Wenwu Dai, Xiuchao Wei, Qiuyi Li, Zhihui Yang","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2279374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2279374","url":null,"abstract":"This study explored the relationship between interpersonal sensitivity and life satisfaction among college students, the mediating effect of smartphone addiction, and the moderating effect of connectedness to nature. A total of 702 college students (453 females, Meanage = 19.60 years, SD = 1.33 years) completed the Interpersonal Sensitivity Scale, Mobile Phone Addiction Index, Connectedness to Nature Scale, and Satisfaction with Life Scale. Following moderated mediation analysis, the results showed that smartphone addiction mediated the relationship between interpersonal sensitivity and life satisfaction among college students. Furthermore, connectedness to nature did not moderate the relationship between interpersonal sensitivity and life satisfaction among college students, but it moderated the relationship between smartphone addiction and life satisfaction among college students. These findings identified both risk factors and protective factors that influence life satisfaction among college students, providing valuable guidance for enhancing their life satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"82 1","pages":"548 - 555"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139290292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2282271
C. M. Ifeagwazi, Destiny Chinenyem Adimaso, D. U. Onu, U. Chinweze, A. Agbo, J. C. Chukwuorji
We examined the contributions of health locus of control (internal, external), personality traits, and social support in treatment adherence among Nigerian diabetic patients (N = 126; females = 49.21%, Type 1 diabetes = 58.73%, Type 2 diabetes = 41.27%; age range: 20 to 76 years). They completed measures of health locus of control, personality traits, social support and treatment adherence. Hierarchical regression analysis results indicated that internal health locus of control predicted greater treatment adherence, while the chance health locus of control and other people’s health locus of control predicted lower treatment adherence. Doctor health locus of control did not predict treatment adherence. Personality traits of agreeableness and conscientiousness predicted greater treatment adherence, whereas neuroticism predicted lower treatment adherence. Extraversion and openness to experience did not predict treatment adherence. Greater social support predicted increased treatment adherence. These findings indicate prospects for enhancing self-care among Nigerian diabetic patients by their control beliefs, personality, and support systems.
{"title":"Health locus of control, personality and social support in treatment adherence among diabetic patients","authors":"C. M. Ifeagwazi, Destiny Chinenyem Adimaso, D. U. Onu, U. Chinweze, A. Agbo, J. C. Chukwuorji","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2282271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2282271","url":null,"abstract":"We examined the contributions of health locus of control (internal, external), personality traits, and social support in treatment adherence among Nigerian diabetic patients (N = 126; females = 49.21%, Type 1 diabetes = 58.73%, Type 2 diabetes = 41.27%; age range: 20 to 76 years). They completed measures of health locus of control, personality traits, social support and treatment adherence. Hierarchical regression analysis results indicated that internal health locus of control predicted greater treatment adherence, while the chance health locus of control and other people’s health locus of control predicted lower treatment adherence. Doctor health locus of control did not predict treatment adherence. Personality traits of agreeableness and conscientiousness predicted greater treatment adherence, whereas neuroticism predicted lower treatment adherence. Extraversion and openness to experience did not predict treatment adherence. Greater social support predicted increased treatment adherence. These findings indicate prospects for enhancing self-care among Nigerian diabetic patients by their control beliefs, personality, and support systems.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"20 1","pages":"618 - 624"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139290850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2279375
He Ding, Yihan Ye, Enhai Yu
Based on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study explores the mediating effect of leader-member exchange (LMX) and the moderating effect of role overload in the relationship between humble leadership and follower strengths use. We collected data from 230 employees (female = 46. 10%; mean age = 35. 12 years, SD = 7. 65) working in various Chinese organisations with a three-wave design. The bootstrapping analysis was used to test our hypotheses. Results showed that humble leadership was positively correlated with follower strengths use, and LMX mediated the relationship between humble leadership and follower strengths use. In addition, role overload reduced the direct relationship between LMX and follower strengths use and the indirect relationship between humble leadership and follower strengths use through LMX. This study deepens our understanding of the relationship between humble leadership and follower strengths use for follower-centric human resource management practices.
{"title":"Humble leadership and follower strengths use: Leader-member exchange as a mediator and role overload as a moderator","authors":"He Ding, Yihan Ye, Enhai Yu","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2279375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2279375","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study explores the mediating effect of leader-member exchange (LMX) and the moderating effect of role overload in the relationship between humble leadership and follower strengths use. We collected data from 230 employees (female = 46. 10%; mean age = 35. 12 years, SD = 7. 65) working in various Chinese organisations with a three-wave design. The bootstrapping analysis was used to test our hypotheses. Results showed that humble leadership was positively correlated with follower strengths use, and LMX mediated the relationship between humble leadership and follower strengths use. In addition, role overload reduced the direct relationship between LMX and follower strengths use and the indirect relationship between humble leadership and follower strengths use through LMX. This study deepens our understanding of the relationship between humble leadership and follower strengths use for follower-centric human resource management practices.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"43 1","pages":"578 - 584"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139290145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2279373
Yuen-Onn Choong, T. Lau, Lee-Peng Ng
We explored the mediating effect of Collective Efficacy (CE) on the relationship between Trust and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) in an education setting. A total of 255 teachers (females = 56%, elementary in an urban area = 47%, mean years of service = 9.77, SD = 8.23) completed surveys on Trust, CE, and OCB. Results from partial least square structural equation modelling indicated that Trust in colleagues, Trust in students and CE were related to OCB, while Trust in principals and parents was not. Trust in principals and colleagues was positively related to CE, but not Trust in parents and students. Most importantly, CE only mediates the relationship between teacher Trust and OCB and the relationship between Trust in colleagues and OCB. These findings are consistent with social exchange theory by which work behaviours may be contingent on perceived worth to self and the organisation. The results imply that school management and policymakers should implement strategies to recognise teachers’ accomplishments and promote a supportive environment through peer mentoring programmes.
{"title":"Collective Efficacy among schoolteachers: Influences on the relationship between Trust and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour","authors":"Yuen-Onn Choong, T. Lau, Lee-Peng Ng","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2279373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2279373","url":null,"abstract":"We explored the mediating effect of Collective Efficacy (CE) on the relationship between Trust and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) in an education setting. A total of 255 teachers (females = 56%, elementary in an urban area = 47%, mean years of service = 9.77, SD = 8.23) completed surveys on Trust, CE, and OCB. Results from partial least square structural equation modelling indicated that Trust in colleagues, Trust in students and CE were related to OCB, while Trust in principals and parents was not. Trust in principals and colleagues was positively related to CE, but not Trust in parents and students. Most importantly, CE only mediates the relationship between teacher Trust and OCB and the relationship between Trust in colleagues and OCB. These findings are consistent with social exchange theory by which work behaviours may be contingent on perceived worth to self and the organisation. The results imply that school management and policymakers should implement strategies to recognise teachers’ accomplishments and promote a supportive environment through peer mentoring programmes.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"27 1","pages":"594 - 603"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139290885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2279370
Jing Wu, Qianxiu Xiao, Xu Zhang
The current study tested the mediating roles of social support and self-concept clarity in the relationship between passive social network site use and loneliness. A total of 709 undergraduate students (females = 44.15%, mean age = 19.10, SD = 0.95) completed the Passive Social Network Questionnaire, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Self-Concept Clarity Scale as well as the UCLA Loneliness Scale. Latent variables structural equation modelling analysis indicated that passive social network site use was negatively associated with loneliness. Social support and self-concept clarity significantly mediated the relationship between passive social network site use and loneliness, reducing the risk for loneliness, and with sequential mediating effects of social support and self-esteem. This study’s findings suggest that the passive use of social networking sites can help students gain more social support, improve self-concept clarity, and in turn reduce loneliness. Increasing social support and enhancing self-concept clarity through psychological intervention programmes may be an effective way to reduce individual loneliness.
{"title":"Social support and self-concept clarity as mediators between college students’ passive social network site use and loneliness","authors":"Jing Wu, Qianxiu Xiao, Xu Zhang","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2279370","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2279370","url":null,"abstract":"The current study tested the mediating roles of social support and self-concept clarity in the relationship between passive social network site use and loneliness. A total of 709 undergraduate students (females = 44.15%, mean age = 19.10, SD = 0.95) completed the Passive Social Network Questionnaire, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Self-Concept Clarity Scale as well as the UCLA Loneliness Scale. Latent variables structural equation modelling analysis indicated that passive social network site use was negatively associated with loneliness. Social support and self-concept clarity significantly mediated the relationship between passive social network site use and loneliness, reducing the risk for loneliness, and with sequential mediating effects of social support and self-esteem. This study’s findings suggest that the passive use of social networking sites can help students gain more social support, improve self-concept clarity, and in turn reduce loneliness. Increasing social support and enhancing self-concept clarity through psychological intervention programmes may be an effective way to reduce individual loneliness.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"85 1","pages":"533 - 539"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139290363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2279364
Fang Wang
This study examined the mediating role of Internet addiction in association with fatigue and mind-wandering and the moderating role of rumination in that relationship. A sample of 3 732 Chinese adolescents (Mean age = 14.98 years, SD = 1.63) completed measures of fatigue, Internet addiction, rumination, and mind-wandering. Structural equation modelling (SEM) results showed that higher fatigue was associated with higher mind-wandering. Internet addiction played a mediating role in this relationship and was associated with an increased risk for fatigue. Additionally, rumination moderated the association between Internet addiction and mind-wandering and exacerbated the risk for fatigue. The findings indicate a need for mind-wandering interventions for school students to reduce the risk for fatigue associated with their use of Internet devices and associated ruminations.
{"title":"Fatigue and mind-wandering among Chinese adolescents: Moderation by rumination and mediation by Internet addiction","authors":"Fang Wang","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2279364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2279364","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the mediating role of Internet addiction in association with fatigue and mind-wandering and the moderating role of rumination in that relationship. A sample of 3 732 Chinese adolescents (Mean age = 14.98 years, SD = 1.63) completed measures of fatigue, Internet addiction, rumination, and mind-wandering. Structural equation modelling (SEM) results showed that higher fatigue was associated with higher mind-wandering. Internet addiction played a mediating role in this relationship and was associated with an increased risk for fatigue. Additionally, rumination moderated the association between Internet addiction and mind-wandering and exacerbated the risk for fatigue. The findings indicate a need for mind-wandering interventions for school students to reduce the risk for fatigue associated with their use of Internet devices and associated ruminations.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"82 1","pages":"569 - 577"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139291153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2282273
Jianbo Zhu, Yanjun Wan, Hui Wang
Based on the social media use theory and goal orientation theory, this study explored the “double-edged sword” effect of social media usage on postgraduate student creativity. Participants in the study were 262 postgraduate students from Xiangtan University in China (females = 54.2%, postgraduate third grade = 29.4%, major in management = 22.1%). The participants completed two waves of surveys one week apart. Findings from a structural equation model indicated that social media usage indirectly enhanced postgraduate student creativity through knowledge acquisition, and lowered cyberloafing. Social media usage and knowledge acquisition were higher with higher learning goal orientation, and lower with cyberloafing. These findings provided valuable guidance for supporting postgraduate students in their rational use of social media for improved learning outcomes.
{"title":"The “double-edged sword” effect of social media usage on postgraduate student creativity","authors":"Jianbo Zhu, Yanjun Wan, Hui Wang","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2282273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2282273","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the social media use theory and goal orientation theory, this study explored the “double-edged sword” effect of social media usage on postgraduate student creativity. Participants in the study were 262 postgraduate students from Xiangtan University in China (females = 54.2%, postgraduate third grade = 29.4%, major in management = 22.1%). The participants completed two waves of surveys one week apart. Findings from a structural equation model indicated that social media usage indirectly enhanced postgraduate student creativity through knowledge acquisition, and lowered cyberloafing. Social media usage and knowledge acquisition were higher with higher learning goal orientation, and lower with cyberloafing. These findings provided valuable guidance for supporting postgraduate students in their rational use of social media for improved learning outcomes.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"13 1","pages":"540 - 547"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139290293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2279376
Xiao Yang, Ruiqian Li, Lijing Du, Wenxiao Cui, Chenyu Sun
We examined father’s parenting attitudes in association with teacher-child relationships and the mediating role of young children’s self-regulation ability in this relationship. Participant fathers (n = 211), age range (below 30 to over 41 years of age) and teachers (n = 7), years of teaching experience (3 to 12 years) completed surveys of father-child pairs for 211 primary school children, with the teachers completing the children’s self-regulation survey. Results following path analysis indicated that higher scores on the father’s positive parenting attitudes were associated with stronger teacher-child relationships. The children’s teachers reported that self-regulation ability fully mediated fathers’ positive parenting attitudes to be stronger. These findings suggest a need for educators to engage with father parents to enhance children’s self-regulation ability, and thus strengthen teacher-child relationships.
{"title":"Father’s parenting attitude and teacher-child relationships: Mediating role of children’s self-regulation ability","authors":"Xiao Yang, Ruiqian Li, Lijing Du, Wenxiao Cui, Chenyu Sun","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2279376","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2279376","url":null,"abstract":"We examined father’s parenting attitudes in association with teacher-child relationships and the mediating role of young children’s self-regulation ability in this relationship. Participant fathers (n = 211), age range (below 30 to over 41 years of age) and teachers (n = 7), years of teaching experience (3 to 12 years) completed surveys of father-child pairs for 211 primary school children, with the teachers completing the children’s self-regulation survey. Results following path analysis indicated that higher scores on the father’s positive parenting attitudes were associated with stronger teacher-child relationships. The children’s teachers reported that self-regulation ability fully mediated fathers’ positive parenting attitudes to be stronger. These findings suggest a need for educators to engage with father parents to enhance children’s self-regulation ability, and thus strengthen teacher-child relationships.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"23 1","pages":"585 - 593"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139290305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2279367
Xiuying Liu, Yongzhan Li
This study explored interpersonal sensitivity and peer relationships as mechanisms in the parental marital quality and adolescents’ online social addiction. Participants were 914 Chinese middle school students (females = 53.39%; mean age = 13.95, SD = 1.89 years). They completed measures of the Marital Adjustment Test, the Interpersonal Relationship Sensitivity Subscale of SCL-90, the Peer Relationships Scale for Children and Adolescents, and the Online Interpersonal Relationship Addiction Scale. Path analysis results showed that higher parental marital quality was associated with lower adolescents’ risk for online social addiction. Interpersonal sensitivity played a partial mediating role in the relationship between adolescents’ parental marital quality and online social addiction, to explain only some of the adolescents’ online social addiction. Peer relationships had a moderating effect on the relationship between adolescents’ parental marital quality and online social addiction so that as peer relationships improved, parental marital quality effects on adolescents’ online social addiction declined. These findings are consistent with social compensation theory and contribute to a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that shape adolescent Internet addiction.
{"title":"Parental marital quality and adolescents’ online social addiction: Influences of adolescents’ interpersonal sensitivity and peer relationships","authors":"Xiuying Liu, Yongzhan Li","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2279367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2279367","url":null,"abstract":"This study explored interpersonal sensitivity and peer relationships as mechanisms in the parental marital quality and adolescents’ online social addiction. Participants were 914 Chinese middle school students (females = 53.39%; mean age = 13.95, SD = 1.89 years). They completed measures of the Marital Adjustment Test, the Interpersonal Relationship Sensitivity Subscale of SCL-90, the Peer Relationships Scale for Children and Adolescents, and the Online Interpersonal Relationship Addiction Scale. Path analysis results showed that higher parental marital quality was associated with lower adolescents’ risk for online social addiction. Interpersonal sensitivity played a partial mediating role in the relationship between adolescents’ parental marital quality and online social addiction, to explain only some of the adolescents’ online social addiction. Peer relationships had a moderating effect on the relationship between adolescents’ parental marital quality and online social addiction so that as peer relationships improved, parental marital quality effects on adolescents’ online social addiction declined. These findings are consistent with social compensation theory and contribute to a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that shape adolescent Internet addiction.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"1 1","pages":"604 - 611"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139291045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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