Awareness of Responsibility and Internet Gaming Addiction: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies

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10.2991/978-2-38476-309-2_8How to use a DOI?

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Internet addiction; Awareness of responsibility; Cognitive emotion regulation strategies; Mediating effects

Abstract

Objective: This study explores the relationship between self-awareness of responsibility, internet gaming addiction, and cognitive emotion regulation strategies among private university students. Methods: We used cluster random sampling to select 762 students across all academic years from two private universities in Guangzhou for questionnaire survey. Data Collection: We collected data using demographic questionnaires, internet gaming addiction scales, responsibility awareness surveys, and cognitive emotion regulation strategy questionnaires. Results: Positive emotion regulation strategies showed a strong negative correlation with internet gaming addiction (rs=-0.445, p<0.001) and a positive correlation with responsibility awareness (rs=0.5534, p<0.001). Conversely, negative emotion regulation strategies were significantly positively correlated with internet gaming addiction (rs=0.649, p<0.001) and negatively with responsibility awareness (rs=-0.431, p<0.001). The mediating model revealed that negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies partially mediated the relationship between responsibility awareness and internet gaming addiction, with an indirect effect size of -0.238. Conclusion: Cultivating robust self-awareness of responsibility and effective emotional regulation strategies can mitigate the impact of internet gaming addiction among private university students.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Qinxin Yu
AU  - Yaopeng Xu
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/09
TI  - Awareness of Responsibility and Internet Gaming Addiction: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies
BT  - Proceedings of the 2024 9th International Conference on Modern Management, Education and Social Sciences (MMET 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 61
EP  - 70
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-309-2_8
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-309-2_8
ID  - Yu2024
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