Structural Relationships Between Negative Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies and Symptoms of Internet Addiction: Mediating Role of Anxiety

AuthorTouraj Hashemi Nosratabaden
AuthorMansour Bayramien
AuthorAli Shirien
OrcidTouraj Hashemi Nosratabad [0000-0002-2964-3259]en
OrcidMansour Bayrami [0000-0002-5015-2585]en
OrcidAli Shiri [0000-0001-5911-7922]en
Issued Date2020-07-31en
AbstractBackground: Internet addiction is one of the most paramount problems of societies. Therefore, the knowledge of its influencing factors is of special importance. Methods: The present study was correlational in terms of goals and descriptive in terms of the data gathering procedure. The statistical population consisted of 2,000 male students and included all fourth-grade students of state high schools of Tabriz City in 2017. The sample included 246 students, selected through random cluster sampling. For the collection of data, the Cognitive Emotion Regulation questionnaire (CERQ), Young’s Diagnostic questionnaire (YDQ), and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were used. Then, the collected data were analyzed by structural equation modeling. Results: Negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies could explain internet addiction symptoms. Self-blame, other-blame, rumination, catastrophizing, and anxiety could explain internet addiction symptoms directly. The indirect effect of self-blame and rumination on internet addiction mediated by anxiety was positive and significant; however, the indirect effect of other-blame and catastrophizing on internet addiction mediated by anxiety was not significant. Conclusions: The findings have practical implications for clinical psychologists and can be used for diagnosis and therapy of internet addiction disorder.en
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5812/zjrms.90569en
KeywordCognitive Emotion Regulation Strategiesen
KeywordInternet Addictionen
KeywordAnxietyen
PublisherBrieflandsen
TitleStructural Relationships Between Negative Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies and Symptoms of Internet Addiction: Mediating Role of Anxietyen
TypeResearch Articleen

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