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The relationship between internet use preference and loneliness among college students during COVID-19: The chain mediating effect of online social support and self-esteem

The outbreak of COVID-19, especially the demands of social interaction and spatial distancing behavior, has led to a surge in Internet use, which has also led to an increase in loneliness. Therefore, we investigated the role of online social support and self-esteem in the relationship between Intern...

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Autores principales: Luo, Qing, Huang, Lu, Wu, Na
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9813670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619083
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1058944
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description The outbreak of COVID-19, especially the demands of social interaction and spatial distancing behavior, has led to a surge in Internet use, which has also led to an increase in loneliness. Therefore, we investigated the role of online social support and self-esteem in the relationship between Internet use preference and loneliness. In this study, 1053 college students were surveyed with a questionnaire based on the framework of Ecological System Theory, and a chain mediation model was established to clarify the mechanism between Internet use preference and loneliness. The results show that Internet use preference not only positively predicts loneliness, but also indirectly influences loneliness through the mediators of online social support and self-esteem, thereby impacting loneliness through the “online social support → self-esteem” chain. The results also indicate the need to pay attention to college students’ mental health status during COVID-19. The advent of COVID-19 has impacted people’s lifestyles and has changed the impact of the Internet on individual mental health. This study provides a new way to further understand college students’ Internet use preferences, online social support, self-esteem, and loneliness status during COVID-19. It provides targeted interventions for college students’ loneliness during COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-98136702023-01-06 The relationship between internet use preference and loneliness among college students during COVID-19: The chain mediating effect of online social support and self-esteem Luo, Qing Huang, Lu Wu, Na Front Psychol Psychology The outbreak of COVID-19, especially the demands of social interaction and spatial distancing behavior, has led to a surge in Internet use, which has also led to an increase in loneliness. Therefore, we investigated the role of online social support and self-esteem in the relationship between Internet use preference and loneliness. In this study, 1053 college students were surveyed with a questionnaire based on the framework of Ecological System Theory, and a chain mediation model was established to clarify the mechanism between Internet use preference and loneliness. The results show that Internet use preference not only positively predicts loneliness, but also indirectly influences loneliness through the mediators of online social support and self-esteem, thereby impacting loneliness through the “online social support → self-esteem” chain. The results also indicate the need to pay attention to college students’ mental health status during COVID-19. The advent of COVID-19 has impacted people’s lifestyles and has changed the impact of the Internet on individual mental health. This study provides a new way to further understand college students’ Internet use preferences, online social support, self-esteem, and loneliness status during COVID-19. It provides targeted interventions for college students’ loneliness during COVID-19. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9813670/ /pubmed/36619083 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1058944 Text en Copyright © 2022 Luo, Huang and Wu. 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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Luo, Qing
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title The relationship between internet use preference and loneliness among college students during COVID-19: The chain mediating effect of online social support and self-esteem
title_full The relationship between internet use preference and loneliness among college students during COVID-19: The chain mediating effect of online social support and self-esteem
title_fullStr The relationship between internet use preference and loneliness among college students during COVID-19: The chain mediating effect of online social support and self-esteem
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between internet use preference and loneliness among college students during COVID-19: The chain mediating effect of online social support and self-esteem
title_short The relationship between internet use preference and loneliness among college students during COVID-19: The chain mediating effect of online social support and self-esteem
title_sort relationship between internet use preference and loneliness among college students during covid-19: the chain mediating effect of online social support and self-esteem
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9813670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619083
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1058944
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