Problematic Internet Use, Social Needs, and Social Support Among Youth

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Heterogeneous Association of Chinese Adolescents’ Engaged Living With Problematic Internet Use: A Mixture Regression Analysis

“…For adolescents with high or medium levels of PIU, low social integration was an associated factor for PIU, which further indicated that social integration can play an important role in prevention for adolescents with a relatively higher risk of PIU. This is consistent with previous findings that higher social skills and higher levels of social support are associated with lower PIU ( Bolat et al, 2018 ; Chi-Ying, 2018 ; Prievara et al, 2018 ). Namely, being passionate about helping others, as the main characteristic of social integration, will expand and strengthen individuals’ social networks, and will provide more social support and sense of belonging in the real world ( Davids et al, 2016 ), and thus make it easier to avoid internet addiction ( Mo et al, 2018 ).…”

“…Masten (2001) suggested that living an engaged life would be beneficial in helping youths avoid poor choices that result in delinquent behaviors and thus increase their resilience to addictive behavior. Specifically, social integration, as an ability of engaging in social networks and life, has a positive effect on social relations, which is suggested to be a key factor of PIU (Prievara et al, 2018). PIU is positively related to social relational styles such as low social skill (Chi-Ying, 2018) and shyness (Prievara et al, 2018).…”

“…Specifically, social integration, as an ability of engaging in social networks and life, has a positive effect on social relations, which is suggested to be a key factor of PIU (Prievara et al, 2018). PIU is positively related to social relational styles such as low social skill (Chi-Ying, 2018) and shyness (Prievara et al, 2018). People with high sociality and shyness prefer computer-mediated communication as a less anxious way of social interaction, which would induce higher PIU (Bolat et al, 2018).…”

“…Absorption, as a positive predictor of emotional and psychological well-being (Philippe et al, 2009;Froh et al, 2010;Rivkin et al, 2018), would be a protective factor against PIU. People tend to experience flow and positive emotions when highly absorbed in activities with higher general positive affect and lower negative affect (Hernández et al, 2019), and fewer relational conflicts (Séguin-Lévesque et al, 2003).…”

A discriminant analysis model of psychosocial predictors of problematic Internet use and cannabis use disorder in university students

“…Studies showed that when social resources are relatively scarce, some people choose the internet or cannabis use as a medium through which to meet their needs and gain social support, especially when they are required to reestablish social networks because of environmental changes ( Carter et al, 2016 , Yao and Zhong, 2014 , Zhang et al, 2018 ). Perceived lack of social support has been found to be indirectly associated with PIU ( Prievara, Piko, & Luszczynska, 2019 ) and, additionally, PIU has been found to be less common in those who perceive more social support ( Gunuc & Dogan, 2013 ). Lack of social support has been found to increase the likelihood of CUD ( van der Pol et al, 2013b , van der Pol et al, 2013a ).…”