Effects of network use behavior on life satisfaction of adolescent / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the status of adolescent's network usage and its effect on life satisfaction.MethodsTotally 691 teenagers were tested by self-regulation scale,the online identity experiment scale and teenager life satisfaction scale.Results①The scores of urban teenagers were significantly higher than those of rural teenagers in self regulation of network behavior(involved-emotional control(31.40±0.31) vs (29.33±0.32),network congnition (24.37±0.25) vs (22.69±0.21),offline introspection(15.89±0.30) vs (14.84±0.26),online self-control(20.68±0.33) vs (19.25±0.28)) and life satisfaction (173.92±1.55) vs (164.00±1.48)(t=4.642,5.082,2.654,3.349,4.613;P<0.01),but lower in negative intrinsic character(5.37±0.13) vs (5.82±0.14)(t=-2.285,P<0.05).The scores of male adolescents were significantly higher than that of female adolescents in network identity and academic satisfaction(t=2.577,4.095,2.051,2.700,P<0.05,P<0.01),but lower in self regulation of network behavior (t=-3.966,-2.653,-5.059,P<0.01).②There was significantly positive correlation between youth life satisfaction and net-addiction cognition,involved-emotional control,network cognition,offline introspection,online self-control,self-control to network attachment,positive intrinsic character(r=0.164,0.307,0.252,0.386,0.430,0.222,0.404,P<0.01),and negatively correlated with positive extrinsic character and negative intrinsic character(r=-0.126,-0.156,P<0.01).③Positive intrinsic character,online self-control,involved-emotional control,offline introspection,self-control to network attachment could be used to predict life satisfaction,ans could explain 38.9% of total variance (F=87.26,P<0.01).ConclusionThere are significantly differences of self regulation of network behavior,network identity and life satisfaction in different gender,between urban and rural areas.The adolescents with higher self regulation of network behavior and network identity have higher life satisfaction.