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The relationship between Internet addiction and childhood trauma in adolescents: The mediating role of social support

BACKGROUND: Adolescents are at high risk of Internet addiction (IA). Previous studies have shown that the occurrence of IA may be associated with childhood trauma and social support to varying degrees. This study aimed to investigate the pathogenesis of IA in adolescents. Further, to explore the pot...

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Autores principales: Sheng, Xuanlian, Yang, Meng, Ge, Menglin, Zhang, Ling, Huang, Cui, Cui, Shu, Yuan, Qiuyu, Ye, Mengting, Zhou, Ruochen, Cao, Panpan, Peng, Ran, Zhang, Kai, Zhou, Xiaoqin
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9580040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36275326
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.996086
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author Sheng, Xuanlian
Yang, Meng
Ge, Menglin
Zhang, Ling
Huang, Cui
Cui, Shu
Yuan, Qiuyu
Ye, Mengting
Zhou, Ruochen
Cao, Panpan
Peng, Ran
Zhang, Kai
Zhou, Xiaoqin
author_facet Sheng, Xuanlian
Yang, Meng
Ge, Menglin
Zhang, Ling
Huang, Cui
Cui, Shu
Yuan, Qiuyu
Ye, Mengting
Zhou, Ruochen
Cao, Panpan
Peng, Ran
Zhang, Kai
Zhou, Xiaoqin
author_sort Sheng, Xuanlian
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: Adolescents are at high risk of Internet addiction (IA). Previous studies have shown that the occurrence of IA may be associated with childhood trauma and social support to varying degrees. This study aimed to investigate the pathogenesis of IA in adolescents. Further, to explore the potential mediating role of social support in childhood trauma and IA. This study provides theoretical support for future interventions targeting IA in adolescents. METHODS: This study used a descriptive cross-sectional design. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), and Young’s Internet Addiction Test (IAT) were used to conduct an anonymous questionnaire survey among randomly selected adolescents aged less than 18 years old in two cities in southern Anhui Province. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were used to test the correlation between IA and other variables. A binary logistic regression model was used to explore the influencing factors of IA. Multiple regression models were examined with process macro and bootstrapping to confirm significant mediating effects. RESULTS: A total of 844 adolescents, equally divided between males and females, participated in this study, and the prevalence of IA in the region was 23.0%. Through the mediation test, the direct effect of childhood trauma on IA was 0.20 (95% CI [0.12, 0.27], p < 0.001), and the mediating effect of social support on childhood trauma and IA was 0.09 (95% CI [0.06, 0.14]). CONCLUSION: The study showed that childhood trauma significantly affected the incidence of IA in adolescents. Social support had a significant mediating effect on childhood trauma and IA and attenuated its negative effects.
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spelling pubmed-95800402022-10-20 The relationship between Internet addiction and childhood trauma in adolescents: The mediating role of social support Sheng, Xuanlian Yang, Meng Ge, Menglin Zhang, Ling Huang, Cui Cui, Shu Yuan, Qiuyu Ye, Mengting Zhou, Ruochen Cao, Panpan Peng, Ran Zhang, Kai Zhou, Xiaoqin Front Psychol Psychology BACKGROUND: Adolescents are at high risk of Internet addiction (IA). Previous studies have shown that the occurrence of IA may be associated with childhood trauma and social support to varying degrees. This study aimed to investigate the pathogenesis of IA in adolescents. Further, to explore the potential mediating role of social support in childhood trauma and IA. This study provides theoretical support for future interventions targeting IA in adolescents. METHODS: This study used a descriptive cross-sectional design. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), and Young’s Internet Addiction Test (IAT) were used to conduct an anonymous questionnaire survey among randomly selected adolescents aged less than 18 years old in two cities in southern Anhui Province. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were used to test the correlation between IA and other variables. A binary logistic regression model was used to explore the influencing factors of IA. Multiple regression models were examined with process macro and bootstrapping to confirm significant mediating effects. RESULTS: A total of 844 adolescents, equally divided between males and females, participated in this study, and the prevalence of IA in the region was 23.0%. Through the mediation test, the direct effect of childhood trauma on IA was 0.20 (95% CI [0.12, 0.27], p < 0.001), and the mediating effect of social support on childhood trauma and IA was 0.09 (95% CI [0.06, 0.14]). CONCLUSION: The study showed that childhood trauma significantly affected the incidence of IA in adolescents. Social support had a significant mediating effect on childhood trauma and IA and attenuated its negative effects. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9580040/ /pubmed/36275326 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.996086 Text en Copyright © 2022 Sheng, Yang, Ge, Zhang, Huang, Cui, Yuan, Ye, Zhou, Cao, Peng, Zhang and Zhou. 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
Sheng, Xuanlian
Yang, Meng
Ge, Menglin
Zhang, Ling
Huang, Cui
Cui, Shu
Yuan, Qiuyu
Ye, Mengting
Zhou, Ruochen
Cao, Panpan
Peng, Ran
Zhang, Kai
Zhou, Xiaoqin
The relationship between Internet addiction and childhood trauma in adolescents: The mediating role of social support
title The relationship between Internet addiction and childhood trauma in adolescents: The mediating role of social support
title_full The relationship between Internet addiction and childhood trauma in adolescents: The mediating role of social support
title_fullStr The relationship between Internet addiction and childhood trauma in adolescents: The mediating role of social support
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between Internet addiction and childhood trauma in adolescents: The mediating role of social support
title_short The relationship between Internet addiction and childhood trauma in adolescents: The mediating role of social support
title_sort relationship between internet addiction and childhood trauma in adolescents: the mediating role of social support
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9580040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36275326
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.996086
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