Psychological Development and Education ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 286-294.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2023.02.15

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Relationship between Gratitude and Internet Addiction among College Students: The Mediating Role of Core Self-evaluation and Meaning in Life

CAO Ruilin1, MEI Songli1, LIANG Leilei1, LI Chuanen1, ZHANG Ying2   

  1. 1. School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun 130021;
    2. College of Humanities and Management, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550000
  • Published:2023-03-11

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Abstract: To investigate the mediating effects of core self-evaluation and meaning in life in the relationship between gratitude and Internet addiction, we recruited 1072 college students between first-year college students and third-year postgraduate students from three universities in Jilin Province to complete the Gratitude Questionnaire-6, Core Self-evaluation Scale, Meaning in Life Test and Young Diagnostic Questionnaire. The results revealed that: (1) Gratitude, core self-evaluation and meaning in life were significantly and positively correlated with each other respectively. Gratitude, core self-evaluation and meaning in life were significantly and negatively correlated with Internet addiction respectively; (2) Gratitude not only had a direct effect on Internet addiction, but also had an indirectly effect on Internet addiction through two ways: through meaning in life and through the chain mediating effect of core self-evaluation and meaning in life. In summary, the present study revealed the mechanisms underling the relation between gratitude and Internet addiction, which had certain practical significance for preventing and intervening Internet addiction among college students.

Key words: gratitude, core self-evaluation, meaning in life, internet addiction, college students

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