Effects of Adverse Childhood Experience on Problematic Internet Use among Secondary School Students:A Chain Mediating Effect of Social Anxiety Symptoms and Expressive Suppression
Objective:Based on the Compensatory Internet Use Theory and Social-Emotional Model of Internet Addic-tion,the effects of adverse childhood experience on problematic Internet use and the chain mediating role of social anxiety symptoms and expressive suppression among secondary school students were examined.Methods:3373 secondary board-ing school students in Guizhou Province were measured by using The Adverse Childhood Experiences International Ques-tionnaire,Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents,Emotion Regulation Questionnaire,and Problematic Internet Use Question-naire Short Form.Results:Adverse childhood experience was positively associated with problematic Internet use,social anxiety symptoms and expressive suppression.Social anxiety symptoms and expressive suppression showed significant sepa-rate and chain mediating effect between adverse childhood experience and problematic Internet use.Conclusion:This study explored the underlying mechanisms of adverse childhood experiences and problematic Internet use,providing a theo-retical basis for understanding and preventing problematic Internet use among boarding secondary school students in re-source-poor areas.Future research could propose practical and effective preventive interventions for problematic internet use from the perspective of reducing social anxiety symptoms and enhancing emotion regulation.
Adverse childhood experiencesProblematic internet useSocial anxietyExpressive suppression
陈宇然、王瀚彬、钱铭怡、罗祥艳、吴有梅、王小玲、陈纯
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香港中文大学(深圳)人文社科学院,深圳 518172
北京大学心理与认知科学学院,北京 100871
黎平县第四中学,黎平 557300
西昌市川兴中学,西昌 615021
甘肃省会宁县第三中学,白银 730700
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童年创伤 问题性网络使用 社交焦虑 表达抑制
广东省2021年度教育科学规划课题SSSP/ISPA International Initiatives Committee(IIC)Research Award(RA)
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