Psychological Development and Education ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (6): 641-647.

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Parents-Adolescents relations and adolescent’s Internet Addiciton:the mediaiton effect of Loneliness

ZHANG Jin-tao1, LIU Qin-xue2,3, DENG Lin-yuan4, FANG Xiao-yi1,2, LIU Chao-ying1, LAN Jing1   

  1. 1. National Key Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    2. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    3. School of Psychology, Huazhong Normal University, Wuhan 430079;
    4. School of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2011-11-15 Published:2011-11-15

Abstract: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Beijing to explore the relationship between Parents-adolescents relation,loneliness and Internet addiction.3766 middle schools students from 2 key middle schools,5 general middle schools,and 2 vocational schools were asked to report their perceived relationship quality with their father and mother respectively in Buchnan scale of closeness to parents,loneliness in Asher scale loneliness in children and the extent of Internet addiction in Leili scale of adolescent's pathologic Internet use.Based on correlation analysis and structure equation models,the results showed that:(1)the incidence of Internet addiction among middle school students in the study was 11.2 percents,with the percents among boys was higher than that of girls, and the percents among key middles schools was lower than that of general and key middle schools.(2)parents-adolescents relationship was negatively associated with their loneliness and Internet addiction,while Loneliness was positively associated with their Internet addiction.(3)Father-adolescents relationship not only has a direct negative effect on Internet addiction,but also has an indirect effect through loneliness.While mother-adolescents relationship just has an indirect negative effect on Internet addiction through loneliness.This results showed the loneliness play a partial mediation effect in the relationship between father-adolescent relationship and Internet addiction and a fully mediation effect in the relationship between mother-adolescent relationship and Internet addiction.

Key words: Adolescent, Father-adolescent relationship, Mother-adolescent relationship, Internet addiction, Loneliness

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  • B844.1
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