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Relationship between borderline personality symptoms and Internet addiction: The mediating effects of mental health problems
- Source :
- Journal of Behavioral Addictions
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Akadémiai Kiadó, 2017.
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Abstract
- Aim To examine the relationship between borderline personality symptoms and Internet addiction as well as the mediating role of mental health problems between them. Methods A total of 500 college students from Taiwan were recruited and assessed for symptoms of Internet addiction using the Chen Internet Addiction Scale, borderline personality symptoms using the Taiwanese version of the Borderline Symptom List and mental health problems using four subscales from the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised Scale (interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, and hostility). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test our hypothesis that borderline personality symptoms are associated with the severity of Internet addiction directly and also through the mediation of mental health problems. Results SEM analysis revealed that all paths in the hypothesized model were significant, indicating that borderline personality symptoms were directly related to the severity of Internet addiction as well as indirectly related to the severity of Internet addiction by increasing the severity of mental health problems. Conclusion Borderline personality symptoms and mental health problems should be taken into consideration when designing intervention programs for Internet addiction.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Mediation (statistics)
Internet addiction
media_common.quotation_subject
education
Taiwan
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Hostility
Severity of Illness Index
Structural equation modeling
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Borderline Personality Disorder
mental disorders
medicine
Personality
Humans
Psychiatry
Students
Depression (differential diagnoses)
media_common
interpersonal sensitivity
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Internet
Addiction
Brief Report
hostility
General Medicine
anxiety
Mental health
borderline personality symptoms
030227 psychiatry
Behavior, Addictive
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Cross-Sectional Studies
depression
Anxiety
Regression Analysis
Female
Self Report
medicine.symptom
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20635303 and 20625871
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Behavioral Addictions
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....eda5e136bd6b5e25689c3d221deb38a8