The mediational role of coping strategies in the relationship between self-esteem and risk of Internet addiction
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Servidio, Rocco
Gentile, Ambra
Boca, Stefano
Abstract / Description
The aim of the present study is to explore, through a mediation model, the relationship among self-esteem, coping strategies, and the risk of Internet addiction in a sample of 300 Italian university students. We submitted the data to a descriptive, mediational comparison between variables (t-test), and correlational statistical analyses. The results confirmed the effect of self-esteem on the risk of Internet addiction. However, we found that the introduction of coping strategies as a mediator gives rise to partial mediation. A low level of self-esteem is a predictor of avoidance-oriented coping that, in turn, affects the risk of Internet addiction.
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self-esteem coping Internet addiction university students mediation modelPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2018-03-12
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
14
Issue
1
Page numbers
176–187
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Servidio, R., Gentile, A., & Boca, S. (2018). The mediational role of coping strategies in the relationship between self-esteem and risk of Internet addiction. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 14(1), 176–187. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i1.1449
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Servidio, Rocco
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Gentile, Ambra
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Boca, Stefano
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Date of first publication2018-03-12
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Abstract / DescriptionThe aim of the present study is to explore, through a mediation model, the relationship among self-esteem, coping strategies, and the risk of Internet addiction in a sample of 300 Italian university students. We submitted the data to a descriptive, mediational comparison between variables (t-test), and correlational statistical analyses. The results confirmed the effect of self-esteem on the risk of Internet addiction. However, we found that the introduction of coping strategies as a mediator gives rise to partial mediation. A low level of self-esteem is a predictor of avoidance-oriented coping that, in turn, affects the risk of Internet addiction.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationServidio, R., Gentile, A., & Boca, S. (2018). The mediational role of coping strategies in the relationship between self-esteem and risk of Internet addiction. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 14(1), 176–187. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i1.1449
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1092
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1284
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i1.1449
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Keyword(s)self-esteemen_US
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Keyword(s)copingen_US
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Keyword(s)Internet addictionen_US
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Keyword(s)university studentsen_US
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Keyword(s)mediation modelen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleThe mediational role of coping strategies in the relationship between self-esteem and risk of Internet addictionen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers176–187
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Volume14
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