Relationship Between Loneliness and Internet Addiction: Testing of Serial Mediation and Moderated Mediation Models of Interpersonal Problems and Motivation for Internet Use
Abstract:Background
In the era of high-speed internet, using the internet regardless of platform might be considered a part of everyone’s daily activities. A number of factors have been demonstrated to be associated with internet addiction, which is mostly concerned with psychological problems such as loneliness. This study aimed to examine how and in what way loneliness has influenced internet addiction. Specifically, we proposed and tested interpersonal problems and motivation for the internet as intervening variabl… Show more
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