AUTHOR=Zhang Yan , Zhong Yun-Ling , Luo Jing , He Jin-Long , Lin Cen , Zauszniewski Jaclene A. , Zhou Jin-Hui , Chen Ying , Wu Chun-Yan , Wang Shu-Rui , Li Zheng-Huan , Tang Jing , Li Wan-Ning , Wu Jing , Luo Jia-Ming 

TITLE=Effects of resourcefulness on internet game addiction among college students: The mediating role of anxiety and the moderating role of gender

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=11

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.986550

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2023.986550

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Introduction</title><p>The mechanism of internet game addiction is unclear. Whether anxiety mediates between resourcefulness and internet game addiction and whether gender affect its mediation role have not been studied previously.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>A total of 4,889 college students from a college in southwest China were included in this study to complete the investigation, in which three questionnaires were used for evaluation.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Pearson's correlation analysis indicated a remarkable negative correlation between resourcefulness with internet game addiction and anxiety, as well as a significant positive correlation between anxiety and this addiction. The structural equation model confirmed the mediation role of anxiety. The multi-group analysis confirmed the moderating role of gender in the mediation model.</p></sec><sec><title>Discussion</title><p>These findings have advanced the results of existing studies, indicating the buffering effect of resourcefulness on internet game addiction and revealing the potential mechanism of this relationship.</p></sec>