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The association between intolerance of uncertainty and Internet addiction during the second wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A multiple mediation model considering depression and risk perception.
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- Intolerance of uncertainty and internet addiction among college students in China post-pandemic era: the mediating role of future anxiety.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- The Relationship between Intolerance of Uncertainty and Problematic Social Media Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Serial Mediation Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Application of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Model to Gambling Urge and Involvement.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Effect of COVID-19 Perceived Risk on Internet Addiction among College Students in China: An Empirical Study Based on the Structural Equation Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Repeated outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have forced people to shift most of their work and life activities from offline to online, leading to a growing problem of Internet dependence and even Internet addiction. However, the mechanism of the association between COVID-19-related intolerance of uncertainty (COVID-19 IU) and Internet addiction during the second wave of COVID-19 is still unclear. The current study explored the association between COVID-19 IU and Internet addiction as mediated by depression and risk perception based on the Uncertainty-Depression-Perception-Addiction model (UDPA). A total of 1,137 adult participants were recruited, and COVID-19 IU, depression, risk perception, Internet addiction, and demographic variables were analyzed. The results showed that COVID-19 IU was significantly and positively associated with Internet addiction and that this relationship was mediated in parallel by depression and risk perception. Our findings further extend the Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-PACE) model from the perspective of applicability in the unique context of COVID-19. Furthermore, the study suggests that individuals could decrease their dependence on the Internet to prevent Internet addiction during the second wave of the pandemic through effective interventions that include lowering COVID-19 IU, improving emotion regulation, and developing reasonable perceptions of risk.
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