Abstract
With the explosive development of modern technology, Internet dependence has become an important hindrance to normal use of the Internet. The influence of the family environment and individual perception has gradually emerged in practice, while the theoretical research is still insufficient yet. Therefore, to clarify the specific influence mechanism between them, we divided family stress into two dimensions in this study, which are behavioral stress and emotional stress. Furthermore, combined with individual loneliness, a theoretical framework of the mediating effect is constructed to confirm the influence of family stress on Internet dependence and explore its action path and mechanism. Based on the data of CGSS2017, the empirical research shows that both behavioral and emotional stress from family can significantly increase the degree of Internet dependence of individuals and individual loneliness plays a partial mediating role between family stress and degree of Internet dependence. The results of this study provide powerful theoretical proof for practical experience and also provide a possible way of solving problems with Internet dependence in practice.
Highlights
Nowadays, with the rapid development of Internet technology, the number of Internet users in China is increasing year by year, and the youth group is almost saturated. e Statistical Report on Internet Development in China released by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) shows that as of June 2019, the number of Internet users in China reached 854 million, and the penetration rate reached 61.2%, 1.6 percentage points higher than that at the end of 2018 [1]
Variable Setting and Reliability and Validity Analysis. e measurement and coding of variables in this paper are shown in Table 1. e main variables are the degree of Internet dependence, behavioral intervention, demands from relatives and friends, emotional stress, and loneliness
According to the results of descriptive statistics, there is a significant correlation between the independent variables IN, RE, Emotional stress (EM), the mediating variable Sense of loneliness (SL), and the dependent variable DE, and the direction of the correlation coefficient is consistent with the hypothesis, which preliminarily indicates that the hypothesis has a strong rationality
Summary
With the rapid development of Internet technology, the number of Internet users in China is increasing year by year, and the youth group is almost saturated. e Statistical Report on Internet Development in China released by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) shows that as of June 2019, the number of Internet users in China reached 854 million, and the penetration rate reached 61.2%, 1.6 percentage points higher than that at the end of 2018 [1]. While the Internet brings unprecedented convenience, Internet dependence, as a new addiction phenomenon, has attracted widespread attention [2]. Internet users who tend to Internet dependence maybe do not show typical symptoms of addiction, but psychologically rely on the Internet [3, 4]. It weakens the positive effect of technological development on individuals and brings great negative impact on the normal progress of work, study, and other real life. How to reduce the probability and the degree of Internet dependence have not been fully studied and solved
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