Physical and emotional abuse with internet addiction and anxiety as a mediator and physical activity as a moderator

Jan 17, 2025Scientific reports

How Physical and Emotional Abuse Relate to Internet Addiction Through Anxiety, and How Exercise Changes This Relationship

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Abstract

A total of 1591 university students were surveyed to examine the links between , , and .

  • Physical-emotional abuse significantly predicted both Internet addiction and anxiety among university students (β = 0.157, β = 0.271, p < 0.001).
  • When anxiety was included in the analysis, the direct effect of physical-emotional abuse on Internet addiction was no longer significant (β = 0.035, p > 0.05).
  • Anxiety fully mediated the relationship between physical-emotional abuse and Internet addiction.
  • negatively predicted anxiety (β = -0.062, p < 0.05).
  • The interaction between physical-emotional abuse and physical activity also negatively predicted anxiety (β = -0.053, p < 0.05).
  • Physical activity moderated the mediation pathway from physical-emotional abuse to anxiety to Internet addiction.

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Key numbers

0.271
Predictive Effect of on
β coefficient from regression analysis.
0.035
Complete Mediation Effect of
β coefficient indicating mediation effect.
-0.062
Negative Prediction of by
β coefficient from regression analysis.

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