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Mediating roles of psychological entitlement and presence of meaning in the associations between parental measures (rejection and overprotection) and adolescent internet addiction
How feeling entitled and having a sense of meaning link parents’ rejection and overprotection to teen internet addiction
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Abstract
A sample of 4091 vocational school students indicates that both parental rejection and overprotection are positively related to internet addiction.
- Parental rejection is associated with increased levels of internet addiction.
- Parental overprotection is also linked to higher rates of internet addiction.
- Psychological entitlement mediates the relationship between both parental rejection and overprotection and internet addiction.
- The presence of meaning mediates the relationship specifically between parental rejection and internet addiction.
- Elevated psychological entitlement and decreased presence of meaning may increase the risk of internet addiction in adolescents.
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