Self-Control, Consideration of Future Consequences, and Internet Addiction among Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Effect of Deviant Peer Affiliation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Self-Control and Adolescent Internet Addiction
1.2. Consideration of Future Consequences as Potential Mediator
1.3. Deviant Peer Affiliation as Potential Moderator
2. Methods
2.1. Procedure
2.2. Participants
2.3. Brief Self-Control Scale
2.4. Consideration of Future Consequences Scale
2.5. Deviant Peer Affiliations
2.6. Young’s Diagnostic Questionnaire
2.7. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary Analyses
3.2. Testing for the Moderated Mediation
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. BSCS | 1.00 | |||
2. CFC | 0.46 ** | 1.00 | ||
3. YDQ | −0.31 ** | −0.20 ** | 1.00 | |
4. DPA | −0.23 ** | −0.11 ** | 0.33 ** | 1.00 |
Mean | 3.13 | 4.40 | 0.20 | 1.42 |
SD | 0.56 | 0.65 | 0.23 | 0.56 |
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Li, J.; Chen, Y.; Lu, J.; Li, W.; Yu, C. Self-Control, Consideration of Future Consequences, and Internet Addiction among Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Effect of Deviant Peer Affiliation. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 9026. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179026
Li J, Chen Y, Lu J, Li W, Yu C. Self-Control, Consideration of Future Consequences, and Internet Addiction among Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Effect of Deviant Peer Affiliation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(17):9026. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179026
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Jingjing, Yanhan Chen, Jiachen Lu, Weidong Li, and Chengfu Yu. 2021. "Self-Control, Consideration of Future Consequences, and Internet Addiction among Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Effect of Deviant Peer Affiliation" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 17: 9026. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179026
APA StyleLi, J., Chen, Y., Lu, J., Li, W., & Yu, C. (2021). Self-Control, Consideration of Future Consequences, and Internet Addiction among Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Effect of Deviant Peer Affiliation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(17), 9026. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179026