Investigating links between Internet literacy, Internet use, and Internet addiction among Chinese youth and adolescents in the digital age.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In current digital era, adolescents' Internet use has increased exponentially, with the Internet playing a more and more important role in their education and entertainment. However, due to the ongoing cognitive, emotion, and social development processes, youth and adolescents are more vulnerable to Internet addiction. Attention has been paid to the increased use of Internet during the COVID-19 pandemic and the influence of Internet literacy in prevention and intervention of Internet addiction.

Methods

The present study proposes a conceptual model to investigate the links between Internet literacy, Internet use of different purpose and duration, and Internet addiction among Chinese youth and adolescents. In this study, N = 2,276 adolescents studying in pr

SUBMITTER: Jiang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10513100 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature