The COVID-19 related stress and social network addiction among Chinese college students: A moderated mediation model

Based on social cognitive theory and gender differences, this study verified a moderated mediation model to explore the relationship between the COVID-19 related stress (CRS) and social network addiction (SNA) and evaluate the mediating role of fear of missing out (FoMO) and the moderating role of g...

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Published in:PloS one 2023-08, Vol.18 (8), p.e0290577-e0290577
Main Authors: Hu, Ziao, Zhu, Yangli, Li, Jun, Liu, Jiafu, Fu, Maozheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictions
Addictive behaviors
Analysis
Anxiety
Behavior
Biology and Life Sciences
Cellular telephones
Cognitive ability
College students
Computer and Information Sciences
COVID-19
Disease transmission
Gender
Gender aspects
Gender differences
Health aspects
Loneliness
Mediation
Medicine and Health Sciences
Modelling
Pandemics
Psychological aspects
Public health
Questionnaires
Research and Analysis Methods
Risk factors
Sex differences
Sex differences (Psychology)
Social interactions
Social isolation
Social networks
Social organization
Social Sciences
Stress (Psychology)
Students
Surveys
Teenagers
University students
Victimization
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Summary:Based on social cognitive theory and gender differences, this study verified a moderated mediation model to explore the relationship between the COVID-19 related stress (CRS) and social network addiction (SNA) and evaluate the mediating role of fear of missing out (FoMO) and the moderating role of gender. A questionnaire survey was conducted, including 702 Chinese university students.This study used PROCESS to test the hypothesis model.The results showed that the CRS significantly and positively affected the SNA of college students and FoMO played a complementary mediating role. Moreover, the analysis of the moderated mediation model showed that gender moderated the relationship between FoMO and SNA; the effect of FoMO was stronger on the SNA of male college students than that of females. The results not only enhanced our understanding of the internal influencing mechanism of the relationship between CRS and SNA but also considered gender differences. In addition, some suggestions were proposed.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0290577