TY - JOUR
T1 - Internet addiction and nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescence
T2 - Associations with offline and online social support
AU - Liu, Sihan
AU - Lin, Min Pei
AU - Lee, Yueh Ting
AU - Wu, Jo Yung Wei
AU - Hu, Wei Hsuan
AU - You, Jianing
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - Objectives: Both nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and Internet addiction (IA) are important health issues for adolescents, and social support has been extensively examined as a protective factor for both. This study aims to compare the effect of offline and online social support on IA, and that on NSSI as well. Method: A total of 1911 Chinese adolescents (53.27% females, Mage = 16.83 ± 0.37) completed self-report questionnaires assessing offline social support, online social support, IA, and NSSI. Results: The structural equation modeling analysis showed that offline social support was negatively associated with IA and NSSI, while online social support was positively associated with IA and NSSI; IA was positively associated with NSSI. Furthermore, implications for preventions and interventions of IA and NSSI were discussed. The indirect model explained a relatively small variance of NSSI, indicating the possibility of additional factors in the development of NSSI that should be further investigated. Conclusion: This study indicated the differences between offline and online social support, and their different associations with IA and NSSI.
AB - Objectives: Both nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and Internet addiction (IA) are important health issues for adolescents, and social support has been extensively examined as a protective factor for both. This study aims to compare the effect of offline and online social support on IA, and that on NSSI as well. Method: A total of 1911 Chinese adolescents (53.27% females, Mage = 16.83 ± 0.37) completed self-report questionnaires assessing offline social support, online social support, IA, and NSSI. Results: The structural equation modeling analysis showed that offline social support was negatively associated with IA and NSSI, while online social support was positively associated with IA and NSSI; IA was positively associated with NSSI. Furthermore, implications for preventions and interventions of IA and NSSI were discussed. The indirect model explained a relatively small variance of NSSI, indicating the possibility of additional factors in the development of NSSI that should be further investigated. Conclusion: This study indicated the differences between offline and online social support, and their different associations with IA and NSSI.
KW - Internet addiction
KW - adolescent
KW - nonsuicidal self-injury
KW - offline social support
KW - online social support
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U2 - 10.1002/jclp.23264
DO - 10.1002/jclp.23264
M3 - Article
C2 - 34655439
AN - SCOPUS:85117016486
SN - 0021-9762
VL - 78
SP - 971
EP - 982
JO - Journal of Clinical Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Psychology
IS - 5
ER -