Psychological factors of social media addiction among college students in Guizhou Province based on the perspective of network analysis
Objective To explore the psychosocial factors affecting college students'social media addiction based on the perspective of network analysis.Methods From March to May 2023,1 284 college students in Guizhou Province were selected by convenience sampling method,and the social media addiction scale,social exclusion scale,interpersonal alienation scale,self-regulation fatigue scale and psychological flexibility scale were used to conduct the survey.The network structure analysis and visual presentation of the psychological factors of social media addiction were carried out using the"Qgraph"package in R 4.3.1 software,and the accuracy and stability of the social media addiction network were evaluated by using the"Bootnet"package.Results The scores of social media addiction among college students in Guizhou Province were(16.66±4.09)points,the scores of direct exclusion and indirect exclusion in social exclusion were(17.47±6.31)and(17.19±6.14)points,and the scores of loneliness,family alienation and social isolation in interpersonal alienation were(22.98±5.92),(11.53±4.60)and(11.86±4.67)points,respectively.The cognitive,emotional,and behavioral scores in self-regulated fatigue were(17.42±2.65),(12.87±3.52)and(13.06±2.93)points,respectively,and the scores of psychological flexibility were(33.97±7.36)points.Social media addiction(PA)was strongly associated with the dimensions of loneliness in interpersonal alienation(PC1),emotional dimension in self-regulated fatigue(PD2),and psychological flexibility(PF)(r=0.33,0.33,-0.36,all P＜0.01),and the expected impact was relatively high,at 3.29,2.98 and-4.19,respectively,which was an important potential intervention target for social media addiction networks.Conclusion The core targets of psychological factors related to social media addiction among college students in Guizhou Province mainly include loneliness,emotion and psychological flexibility,and targeted measures can be taken to intervene in social media addiction among college students.
College studentsSocial media addictionNetwork analysis methodPsychological factors
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