Associations between sense of coherence, psychological distress, escape motivation of internet use, and internet addiction among Chinese college students: A structural equation model

Internet addiction (IA) is a common public health problem among college students, but little is known about the psychological mechanism of its relation to sense of coherence. This study extends previous literature by examining the associations between sense of coherence, psychological distress, esca...

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Published in:Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) N.J.), 2023-04, Vol.42 (12), p.9759-9768
Main Authors: Yang, Wenjie, Morita, Nobuaki, Ogai, Yasukazu, Saito, Tamaki, Hu, Wenyan
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