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  • Psychology
  • Adolescent Health
  • Digital Well-being

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  • Internet addiction (IA) is characterized by excessive, uncontrollable internet use.
  • The cognitive-behavioral model identifies school disconnectedness and relative deprivation as risk factors for adolescent IA.
  • Adversity beliefs are proposed as a potential protective factor against IA.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the mediating role of relative deprivation in the relationship between school disconnectedness and adolescent IA.
  • To examine the moderating effect of adversity beliefs on the association between school disconnectedness and IA.
  • To explore how adversity beliefs influence the mediation pathway from school disconnectedness to IA via relative deprivation.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional study involving 2485 Chinese adolescents.
  • Anonymous self-report measures assessed school disconnectedness, relative deprivation, adversity beliefs, and IA.
  • Statistical analyses were employed to test mediation and moderation hypotheses.

Main Results:

  • School disconnectedness was a significant positive predictor of IA.
  • Relative deprivation partially mediated the relationship between school disconnectedness and IA.
  • Adversity beliefs moderated both the direct link between school disconnectedness and IA, and the association between relative deprivation and IA.

Conclusions:

  • Relative deprivation plays a mediating role in how school disconnectedness contributes to adolescent IA.
  • Adversity beliefs act as a significant moderator, influencing the impact of school disconnectedness and relative deprivation on IA.
  • Interventions aimed at strengthening adolescents' adversity beliefs may be effective in mitigating internet addiction.