Intolerance of uncertainty and internet addiction among college students:the mediating roles of nega-tive cognitive bias and difficulties in emotion regulation
Objective To explore the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and internet addiction among college students,as well as the mediating roles of negative cognitive bias and difficulties in emotion regulation.Methods In September 2022,1 762 college students were assessed with intolerance un-certainty scale,negative cognitive process bias questionnaire,difficulties in emotion regulation scale and inter-net addiction test.SPSS 24.0 software was used for descriptive statistics and correlation analysis.AMOS 23.0 was used to construct a multiple mediation model,and Bootstrap method was used for mediation effects testing.Results(1)The score of intolerance of uncertainty was 34.00(28.00,40.00),the score of neg-ative cognitive bias was 42.00(34.00,50.00),the score of difficulties in emotion regulation was 26.00(20.00,32.00),and the score of internet addiction was 36.00(28.00,46.00).(2)The Spearman correla-tion analysis showed that intolerance of uncertainty,negative cognitive bias,difficulties in emotion regulation,and internet addiction were significantly positively correlated with each other(r=0.343-0.626,P＜0.01).(3)The results of the path analysis indicated that the direct effect of intolerance of uncentainty on internet addiction was not significant,and the total indirect effect was 0.402(95％CI=0.354-0.451).The indirect effect of negative cognitive bias was 0.253(95％CI=0.200-0.305),accounted for 62.94％(0.253/0.402)of the total indirect effect.The indirect effect of difficulties in emotion regulation was 0.052(95％CI=0.033-0.076),accounted for 12.93％(0.052/0.402)of the total indirect effect.And the chain mediating effect of negative cognitive bias and difficulties in emotion regulation was 0.097(95％CI=0.068-0.131),ac-counted for 24.13％(0.097/0.402)of the total indirect effect.Conclusion Intolerance of uncertainty is significantly positively correlated with internet addiction,and its effects on internet addiction are individually mediated by negative cognitive bias and difficulties in emotion regulation,as well as their chain mediating effects.
Intolerance of uncertaintyInternet addictionNegative cognitive biasDifficul-ties in emotion regulationCollege student
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