A Four-Wave, Cross-Lagged Model of Problematic Internet Use and Mental Health among Chinese College Students: Disaggregation of Within-Person and Between-Person Effects

Autor/inn/en	Zhou, Nan; Cao, Hongjian; Liu, Fenge; Wu, Lulu; Liang, Yue; Xu, Jianjie; Meng, Haoran; Zang, Ning; Hao, Ruining; An, Ye; Ma, Shanshan; Fang, Xiaoyi; Zhang, Jintao
Titel	A Four-Wave, Cross-Lagged Model of Problematic Internet Use and Mental Health among Chinese College Students: Disaggregation of Within-Person and Between-Person Effects
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 56 (2020) 5, S.1009-1021 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zhou, Nan) ORCID (Zang, Ning)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000907
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Internet; Mental Disorders; Behavior Problems; Addictive Behavior; College Freshmen; Incidence; Developmental Stages; Predictor Variables; China (Beijing) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Studienanfänger; Vorkommen; Prädiktor
Abstract	Based on 4 annual waves of data from a large sample of Chinese college students (N = 2,329, M[subscript age] = 18.40 years old, SD = 0.85; 63.10% females), this study examines the within-person and between-person effects in the association between problematic Internet use (PIU) and mental health issues. Results of analyses using the developmental equilibrium model (i.e., an autoregressive, cross-lagged panel model) demonstrate a "reciprocal" positive association between PIU and mental health issues consistently across waves. In contrast, results of analyses utilizing the random intercept, cross-lagged panel model (i.e., a model that can disaggregate within-person and between-person effects) indicate a "unidirectional" positive within-person effect from PIU to mental health issues (rather than the reverse) consistently over time, while controlling for the between-person effects that exist when comparing different individuals. Such findings highlight the importance of disaggregating within-person and between-person effects in understanding the nature of the temporal dynamics of the association between PIU and mental health. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01