Association between online and offline social support and internet addiction in a representative sample of senior high school students in Taiwan: The mediating role of self-esteem

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Highlights：

• Offline social support negatively predicted IA.

• Self-esteem negatively predicted IA.

• Self-esteem mediates the relation of offline social support and IA.

• Mediation model supports the Sociometer Theory.

• Non-significant relation between online social support and self-esteem.

摘要

•Offline social support negatively predicted IA.•Self-esteem negatively predicted IA.•Self-esteem mediates the relation of offline social support and IA.•Mediation model supports the Sociometer Theory.•Non-significant relation between online social support and self-esteem.

论文关键词：Internet addiction,Offline social support,Online social support,Self-esteem,Sociometer Theory

论文评审过程：Received 15 June 2017, Revised 6 January 2018, Accepted 9 February 2018, Available online 13 February 2018, Version of Record 19 February 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.02.007