The impact of emerging adulthood characteristics on college students’ anxiety: the mediating role of life satisfaction and Internet addiction

This study aimed to evaluate the association between anxiety and various factors in emerging adulthood, including characteristics of emerging adulthood, life satisfaction, and Internet addiction, among Chinese college students. A total of 1662 Chinese college students (mean age = 19.59 ± 1.20 years)...

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Published in:Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) N.J.), 2024-05, Vol.43 (19), p.17332-17342
Main Authors: Luo, Lin, Yuan, Junfeng, Bi, Siyuan, Wang, Yanlin, Cao, Yunxia, Wen, Shaojing, Ding, Lina, Tang, Kaiqi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictions
Addictive behaviors
Adults
Anxiety
Behavioral Science and Psychology
College students
Internet
Psychology
Social Sciences
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Summary:This study aimed to evaluate the association between anxiety and various factors in emerging adulthood, including characteristics of emerging adulthood, life satisfaction, and Internet addiction, among Chinese college students. A total of 1662 Chinese college students (mean age = 19.59 ± 1.20 years) participated in this study. The Inventory of Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood, Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale, Young’s Diagnostic Questionnaire for Internet Addiction, and Self-Rated Life Satisfaction (SWLS) scale were used to measure emerging adulthood characteristics, anxiety, Internet addiction, and life satisfaction. Path analysis was conducted to analyze the data. The study found significant associations between anxiety and various aspects of emerging adulthood. Specifically, anxiety showed a positive correlation with instability ( r  = 0.233, p  
ISSN:1046-1310
1936-4733
DOI:10.1007/s12144-024-05615-3