The effect of fragmented information anxiety on depression in college students:a moderated mediation model
Objective To explore the relationship between fragmented information anxiety and depression in college students,as well as the role of unbearable uncertainty and lying flat in it.Method A survey was conducted on 677 college students using the Fragmented Information Anxiety Scale,the Endurance Uncertainty Scale,the Youth Lying Down Questionnaire,and the Self Rating Depression Scale.Results Fragmented information anxiety can positively predict depression(β=0.18,t=7.34,P<0.01),and unbearable uncertainty plays a mediating role in the impact of fragmented information anxiety on depression and the mediating effect on depression accounted for 12.6%.Lying flat regulates the first and second pathways of unbearable uncertainty mediating the relationship between fragmented information anxiety and depression,as well as the direct pathway of fragmented information anxiety on depression.Conclusion Individual fragmented information anxiety can reduce depression by reducing unbearable uncertainty,and lying flat can play a buffering role in this process.
Fragmented information anxietyDepressionUnable to tolerate the uncertaintyLie flat