Psychological security and deviant peer affiliation as mediators between teacher-student relationship and adolescent Internet addiction

Jia, Jinping; Li, Dongping; Li, Xian; Zhou, Yueyue; Wang, Yanhui; Sun, Wei

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2017.03.063

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“…It is possible that parental influence may decrease as the child becomes more independent and turns to form important social networks outside of family such as peer relationships. In fact, some studies showed that peer-related (e.g., peer affiliation) and school-related factors (e.g., teacher-student relationship) also significantly contribute to adolescents' IA (Li et al, 2016 ; Jia et al, 2017 ).…”

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The Influence of Parental Control and Parent-Child Relational Qualities on Adolescent Internet Addiction: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong

2018

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This study investigated how parental behavioral control, parental psychological control, and parent-child relational qualities predicted the initial level and rate of change in adolescent internet addiction (IA) across the junior high school years. The study also investigated the concurrent and longitudinal effects of different parenting factors on adolescent IA. Starting from the 2009/2010 academic year, 3,328 Grade 7 students (Mage = 12.59 ± 0.74 years) from 28 randomly selected secondary schools in Hong Kong responded on a yearly basis to a questionnaire measuring multiple constructs including socio-demographic characteristics, perceived parenting characteristics, and IA. Individual growth curve (IGC) analyses showed that adolescent IA slightly decreased during junior high school years. While behavioral control of both parents was negatively related to the initial level of adolescent IA, only paternal behavioral control showed a significant positive relationship with the rate of linear change in IA, suggesting that higher paternal behavioral control predicted a slower decrease in IA. In addition, fathers' and mothers' psychological control was positively associated with the initial level of adolescent IA, but increase in maternal psychological control predicted a faster drop in IA. Finally, parent-child relational qualities negatively and positively predicted the initial level and the rate of change in IA, respectively. When all parenting factors were considered simultaneously, multiple regression analyses revealed that paternal behavioral control and psychological control as well as maternal psychological control and mother-child relational quality were significant concurrent predictors of adolescent IA at Wave 2 and Wave 3. Regarding the longitudinal predicting effects, paternal psychological control and mother-child relational quality at Wave 1 were the two most robust predictors of later adolescent IA at Wave 2 and Wave 3. The above findings underscore the importance of the parent-child subsystem qualities in influencing adolescent IA in the junior high school years. In particular, these findings shed light on the different impacts of fathering and mothering which are neglected in the scientific literature. While the findings based on the levels of IA are consistent with the existing theoretical models, findings on the rate of change are novel.

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The Influence of Parental Control and Parent-Child Relational Qualities on Adolescent Internet Addiction: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong

2018

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“…Specifically, the parent–child relationship but not the teacher–student relationship, directly and negatively predicted PMPU. Although studies have indicated that both parents and teachers supervise adolescents’ technological addiction [17,19], these studies focused on adolescents’ internet addiction. Compared to the internet, mobile phones are becoming necessary devices for communication between parents and adolescents.…”

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“…These factors all serve to protect adolescents from PMPU. In contrast, although some studies have indicated that a good teacher–student relationship provided better supervision and guidance with respect to students’ phone use behaviors [17,19], most middle school students in China are currently forbidden to take mobile phones to schools but a good teacher–student relationship cannot exert a direct influence on students’ PMPU outside of school.…”

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“…Social control theory [18] suggests that adherence to conventional institutions, such as those established by parents and teachers, serves as a form of social control. Adolescents under social control may accept supervision and constraints from parents and teachers more readily and the risk of internet addiction would also decrease [17,19]. In addition, a positive relationship with parents and teachers provides adolescents with warmth and security, which may satisfy their offline psychological needs and in turn alleviate their internet addiction [19].…”

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How do Interpersonal Relationships Relieve Adolescents’ Problematic Mobile Phone Use? The Roles of Loneliness and Motivation to Use Mobile Phones

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Zhou

2019

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The current study aimed to explore the underlying mechanisms of how interpersonal relationships relieve adolescents’ problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) and to examine the potential mediating roles of loneliness and motivation to use mobile phones. Four thousand five hundred and nine middle school students from four provinces in China were recruited to participate in the investigation. The results showed that the parent–child relationship but not the teacher–student relationship, had a direct and negative effect on PMPU. The parent–child relationship had indirect effects on PMPU through the mediators of loneliness, escape motivation and relationship motivation; the teacher–student relationship had indirect effects on PMPU only through the mediating factors of loneliness and escape motivation. Both parent–child and teacher–student relationships indirectly affected PMPU through a two-step path from loneliness to escape motivation. These findings highlight the more salient role of the parent–child relationship than that of the teacher–student relationship in directly alleviating PMPU and indicate that satisfying interpersonal relationships can buffer adolescents’ PMPU by lowering their loneliness and motivation to use mobile phones.

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“…In addition, studies increasingly show that air pollution, soil pollution, climate change, and so on, will not only affect people’s physical health (Burnett et al, 2018; Zhang et al, 2018) but also indirectly or directly harm people’s mental health (Evans, 2003; Chen et al, 2018; Obradovich et al, 2018). The continuous advancement of technologies such as the Internet and artificial intelligence has a significantly positive impact on remotely connecting relationships and increasing productivity but can also lead to negative effects such as unwanted personal information disclosure, Internet addiction, and social anxiety (Chesley, 2005; Gámez-Guadix and Calvete, 2016; Jia et al, 2017). Few researchers have systematically studied the negative spillover effects of technological progress, and even fewer have incorporated these effects into psychology.…”

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Measuring the Psychological Security of Urban Residents: Construction and Validation of a New Scale

2019

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With the acceleration of urbanization in developing countries, resources relating to medical care and the environment are becoming increasingly scarce, and the negative spillover effects brought about by scientific and technological progress have also significantly increased the pressure on urban residents. The psychological security of urban residents has recently undergone significant change. This paper introduces psychological security into the area of urban residents’ lives, defines the concept of urban residents’ psychological security, and presents the development and validation of the Urban Residents Psychological Security Scale (URPS). By considering psychological indicators, this paper supplements our knowledge on environmental indicators such as the risk perception of environmental pollution and climate change, and social indicators such as urban belongingness and the risk perception of technology which verifies the negative spillover effects of technological development. Based on a literature search and consideration of grounded theory (25 urban residents’ in-depth interview records), the psychological security of urban residents is divided into three dimensions: self-psychological security, social environmental security, and natural environmental security, consisting of 20 items. In this study, 802 questionnaires were completed by participants. We determined that the URPS scale has good reliability and validity using exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, and conclude that the scale can be used as an effective measurement tool for urban residents’ psychological security. The development of this scale has important theoretical and practical significance in helping city managers better understand the residents’ demands and to monitor the implementation effects of policies.

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Psychological security and deviant peer affiliation as mediators between teacher-student relationship and adolescent Internet addiction

Cited by 92 publications

References 46 publications

The Influence of Parental Control and Parent-Child Relational Qualities on Adolescent Internet Addiction: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong

The Influence of Parental Control and Parent-Child Relational Qualities on Adolescent Internet Addiction: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong

How do Interpersonal Relationships Relieve Adolescents’ Problematic Mobile Phone Use? The Roles of Loneliness and Motivation to Use Mobile Phones

Measuring the Psychological Security of Urban Residents: Construction and Validation of a New Scale

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