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CYBERPSYCHOLOGY BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL NETWORKING
Volume 25, Issue 12, Pages 828-833Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2022.0059
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Internet addiction; resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia; resilience; loneliness; moderated mediation
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This study investigates the role of resilience, loneliness, and resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) in internet addiction (IA) among college students. The findings suggest that loneliness mediates the negative association between resilience and IA, and resting RSA and resilience interactively predict loneliness.
Internet addiction (IA) has become a global concern among college students. To explore the psychophysiological mechanism that is related to IA, this study investigated the role of resilience, loneliness, and resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) in IA through a moderated mediation model. A group of 108 (M-age = 18.93, SD = 0.914; 68 male) Chinese undergraduate students completed questionnaires of resilience, loneliness, and IA. Physiological data were collected during their visit to a university laboratory. Results revealed that loneliness mediated the negative association between resilience and IA, with resting RSA and resilience interactively predicted loneliness. Specifically, resilience was negatively related to loneliness only when students had low, rather than high, levels of resting RSA. These findings enrich our understanding of how resilience is related to college students' IA and highlight the protective role of resting RSA in this association.
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