Psychological Development and Education ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (5): 581-588.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2019.05.09

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Effect of Problematic Internet Use on Suicidal Ideation among Junior Middle School Students: A Moderated Mediation Model

SHI Zifu, XIE Yuntian   

  1. Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University, Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Changsha 410081
  • Published:2019-09-30

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Abstract: To investigate the effect of problematic internet use on suicidal ideation, 1311 junior middle school students from nine public schools in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province were recruited to participate in the study, and they anonymously filled out DOCS, SIOSS, the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale and PASS. Results were as follows:(1) problematic internet use had a significant positive prediction for loneliness and suicidal ideation of junior middle school students; (2) loneliness of junior middle school students mediated the relationship between problematic internet use and suicidal ideation; (3) perceived social support significantly moderated the relationship between loneliness and suicidal ideation, and the effect of loneliness on suicidal ideation was weakened as perceived social support increased. Therefore, there were mediating role of loneliness and moderating role of perceived social support between problematic internet use and suicidal ideation of junior high school students.

Key words: problematic internet use, suicidal ideation, loneliness, perceived social support, junior middle school students

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