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The relationships among self-control, psychological resilience, and digital addiction in college students: a
Ziyang Zhao1, Yaozhong Zhang1, Haidong Zhu1
1Normal College of Shihezi University, Xinjiang, China.
Purpose:
Digital addiction adversely affects the physical and mental well-being of college students. Comprehensive studies demonstrate that self-control has an inhibitory influence on digital addiction, with psychological resilience acting as a crucial mediating variable connecting self-control and digital addiction. Nevertheless, meta-analytic evidence supporting this mediating role is limited.
Materials And Methods:
A meta-analysis employing structural equation modeling was conducted to examine the influence of self-control on digital addiction among college students. It encompassed 84 research studies and a total sample of 60,966 participants.
Results:
The findings indicate that psychological resilience modulates the connection between self-control and digital addiction, whereas self-control significantly influences digital addiction. This data suggests that when individuals exert considerable self-control to manage scholastic constraints or social responsibilities, their psychological resources drastically deplete, resulting in heightened digital media consumption. Moreover, self-regulated behaviors bolster psychological resilience by fostering a collection of good experiences, thereby diminishing escapist reliance on digital media.
Conclusion:
These findings elucidate the mediating process between self-control and digital addiction in college students, offering new intervention options and enhancing research on restricted self-control theory.
Systematic Review Registration:
https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/DUZQM.
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