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Effects of Internet Language Related to COVID-19 on Mental Health in College Students: The Mediating Effect of Cognitive Flexibility
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Internet language (INL) has influenced daily life extensively. However, the process by which INL influences people’s psychology and behavior is unclear. This study explored the effects of INL on mental health (anxiety and depression). A pilot study was conducted to deve...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8238040/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34194353 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.600268 |
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author | Wu, Xingzhe Wang, Zhi Zhang, Hongpo Yuan, Peiming Yu, Quanlei Zhou, Zhijin Zhao, Qingbai |
author_facet | Wu, Xingzhe Wang, Zhi Zhang, Hongpo Yuan, Peiming Yu, Quanlei Zhou, Zhijin Zhao, Qingbai |
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description | During the COVID-19 pandemic, Internet language (INL) has influenced daily life extensively. However, the process by which INL influences people’s psychology and behavior is unclear. This study explored the effects of INL on mental health (anxiety and depression). A pilot study was conducted to develop a qualified scale for INL related to COVID-19 (CINL) in college students using an online questionnaire. The CINL scale was found to have two dimensions: frequency and comprehension, as well as good reliability and validity. A formal study explored the mediating effect of cognitive flexibility on the relationship between CINL and mental health. The results showed that CINL positively predicted mental health when it was mediated by cognitive flexibility. These results not only provide a new perspective on understanding the effects of cyber behavior on human mental health from a positive perspective, but also provide practitioners with new insights for interventions on college students’ mental health. |
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spelling | pubmed-82380402021-06-29 Effects of Internet Language Related to COVID-19 on Mental Health in College Students: The Mediating Effect of Cognitive Flexibility Wu, Xingzhe Wang, Zhi Zhang, Hongpo Yuan, Peiming Yu, Quanlei Zhou, Zhijin Zhao, Qingbai Front Psychol Psychology During the COVID-19 pandemic, Internet language (INL) has influenced daily life extensively. However, the process by which INL influences people’s psychology and behavior is unclear. This study explored the effects of INL on mental health (anxiety and depression). A pilot study was conducted to develop a qualified scale for INL related to COVID-19 (CINL) in college students using an online questionnaire. The CINL scale was found to have two dimensions: frequency and comprehension, as well as good reliability and validity. A formal study explored the mediating effect of cognitive flexibility on the relationship between CINL and mental health. The results showed that CINL positively predicted mental health when it was mediated by cognitive flexibility. These results not only provide a new perspective on understanding the effects of cyber behavior on human mental health from a positive perspective, but also provide practitioners with new insights for interventions on college students’ mental health. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8238040/ /pubmed/34194353 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.600268 Text en Copyright © 2021 Wu, Wang, Zhang, Yuan, Yu, Zhou and Zhao. 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. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Wu, Xingzhe Wang, Zhi Zhang, Hongpo Yuan, Peiming Yu, Quanlei Zhou, Zhijin Zhao, Qingbai Effects of Internet Language Related to COVID-19 on Mental Health in College Students: The Mediating Effect of Cognitive Flexibility |
title | Effects of Internet Language Related to COVID-19 on Mental Health in College Students: The Mediating Effect of Cognitive Flexibility |
title_full | Effects of Internet Language Related to COVID-19 on Mental Health in College Students: The Mediating Effect of Cognitive Flexibility |
title_fullStr | Effects of Internet Language Related to COVID-19 on Mental Health in College Students: The Mediating Effect of Cognitive Flexibility |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Internet Language Related to COVID-19 on Mental Health in College Students: The Mediating Effect of Cognitive Flexibility |
title_short | Effects of Internet Language Related to COVID-19 on Mental Health in College Students: The Mediating Effect of Cognitive Flexibility |
title_sort | effects of internet language related to covid-19 on mental health in college students: the mediating effect of cognitive flexibility |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8238040/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34194353 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.600268 |
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