Perceived COVID-19 stress and online aggression among Chinese first-year college students: a moderated mediation model

PURPOSE: Few studies have explored factors that may account for potential mechanisms between perceived coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stress and online aggression. The current study examined a moderated mediation model with anxiety as a mediator and perceived anonymity as a moderator. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Guo, Lingjing, Xu, Liyuan, Yang, Qiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Psychiatry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10400766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37547220
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1221379
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Xu, Liyuan
Yang, Qiang
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description PURPOSE: Few studies have explored factors that may account for potential mechanisms between perceived coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stress and online aggression. The current study examined a moderated mediation model with anxiety as a mediator and perceived anonymity as a moderator. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted. 3,069 participants across China completed scales assessing perceived COVID-19 stress, anxiety, online aggression, and perceived anonymity. RESULTS: Perceived COVID-19 stress was positively related to online aggression. The association between perceived COVID-19 stress and online aggression was mediated by anxiety. Besides, the relationship between perceived COVID-19 stress and online aggression, as well as the relationship between anxiety and online aggression were moderated by perceived anonymity. CONCLUSION: This study explains the possible potential mechanisms for reducing online aggression in the context of COVID-19. In order to intervene in online aggression, psychological strategies are supposed to be drawn to reduce anxiety and perceived anonymity.
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spelling pubmed-104007662023-08-05 Perceived COVID-19 stress and online aggression among Chinese first-year college students: a moderated mediation model Guo, Lingjing Xu, Liyuan Yang, Qiang Front Psychiatry Psychiatry PURPOSE: Few studies have explored factors that may account for potential mechanisms between perceived coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stress and online aggression. The current study examined a moderated mediation model with anxiety as a mediator and perceived anonymity as a moderator. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted. 3,069 participants across China completed scales assessing perceived COVID-19 stress, anxiety, online aggression, and perceived anonymity. RESULTS: Perceived COVID-19 stress was positively related to online aggression. The association between perceived COVID-19 stress and online aggression was mediated by anxiety. Besides, the relationship between perceived COVID-19 stress and online aggression, as well as the relationship between anxiety and online aggression were moderated by perceived anonymity. CONCLUSION: This study explains the possible potential mechanisms for reducing online aggression in the context of COVID-19. In order to intervene in online aggression, psychological strategies are supposed to be drawn to reduce anxiety and perceived anonymity. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10400766/ /pubmed/37547220 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1221379 Text en Copyright © 2023 Guo, Xu and Yang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Yang, Qiang
Perceived COVID-19 stress and online aggression among Chinese first-year college students: a moderated mediation model
title Perceived COVID-19 stress and online aggression among Chinese first-year college students: a moderated mediation model
title_full Perceived COVID-19 stress and online aggression among Chinese first-year college students: a moderated mediation model
title_fullStr Perceived COVID-19 stress and online aggression among Chinese first-year college students: a moderated mediation model
title_full_unstemmed Perceived COVID-19 stress and online aggression among Chinese first-year college students: a moderated mediation model
title_short Perceived COVID-19 stress and online aggression among Chinese first-year college students: a moderated mediation model
title_sort perceived covid-19 stress and online aggression among chinese first-year college students: a moderated mediation model
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10400766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37547220
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1221379
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