Internet Addiction and Psychological Distress: Can Social Networking Site Addiction Affect Body Uneasiness Across Gender? A Mediation Model

Abstract: Introduction: The Internet, with its unlimited information, revolutionary communication capabilities, and innovative potential to expand knowledge, is ubiquitous throughout the world, but it also has significant implications for users’ mental health. Given the not yet clearly defined and distinguishable nosographic categories of online addiction and the resulting difficulties in describing the impact on users’ mental health, the present cross-sectional study aimed to gain new insights into the relationship between Internet addiction (especially social networking site [SNS] addiction), psychological distress, and physical discomfort, as well as gender differences in impact among users. Method: A sample of 583 Italian speakers (50.8% males; 48.7% females) with a mean age of 30.96 (SD = 12.12) completed an online survey in July 2021. A set of psychometric self-report instruments was administered to assess the study variables. Mediation analyses were performed for both the whole sample.... https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/10273

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Internet Addiction and Psychological Distress: Can Social Networking Site Addiction Affect Body Uneasiness Across Gender? A Mediation Model ; volume:20 ; number:1 ; day:29 ; month:02 ; year:2024 ; Europe's journal of psychology ; 20, Heft 1 (29.02.2024)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Bottaro, Rossella ; Valenti, Giusy Danila ; Faraci, Palmira

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ejop.10273
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2406080511398.868820809964
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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