Using Moderated Mediation Modelling and the Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution Model to Explore Relationships between Psychological Distress, Specific Addictive Behaviors, and Quality of Life across Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and China

IF 2.5 3区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Applied Research in Quality of Life Pub Date : 2025-08-23 DOI:10.1007/s11482-025-10495-1

Yu-Ting Huang, Po-Ching Huang, Wen-Li Hou, Musheer A. Aljaberi, Wan Ying Gan, Serene En Hui Tung, Ji-Kang Chen, I-Hua Chen, Yan-Li Siaw, Shih-Wei Huang, Jung-Sheng Chen, Kuo-Hsin Lee, Rwei-Ling Yu, Zsolt Demetrovics, Marc N. Potenza, Mark D. Griffiths, Chung-Ying Lin

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Internet-related addictive behaviors are a public health concern, especially in Asian jurisdictions. Guided by theory, the present study employed moderated mediation modeling using cross-sectional data from Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and China to explore relationships between psychological distress, internet-related addictive behaviors, and quality of life (QoL). Jurisdictional differences were also explored. Using snowball sampling to recruit online data, 6,074 participants aged 18 years or older were recruited. Moderated mediation models suggested that psychological distress was related to all internet-related addictive behaviors, and specific behaviors were related to poor QoL in specific domains: gaming addiction to physical and social QoL, shopping addiction to physical, social, and environmental QoL, social networking addiction to all QoL domains, and pornography addiction and gambling addiction to psychological and social QoL (albeit more weakly). Jurisdictional variations were observed, with stronger associations in Taiwan and China compared to Malaysia and Hong Kong. The findings suggest important relationships between psychological distress, internet-related addictive behaviors, and QoL. They also suggest a need for culturally tailored interventions that address psychological distress and specific internet-related addictive behaviors to improve QoL.

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运用有调节的中介模型及人-情感-认知-执行模型探讨台湾、马来西亚、香港和中国大陆的心理困扰、特定成瘾行为与生活质量的关系

与互联网相关的成瘾行为是一个公共卫生问题，特别是在亚洲司法管辖区。在理论指导下，本研究采用有调节的中介模型，利用来自台湾、马来西亚、香港和中国大陆的横断面数据，探讨心理困扰、网络相关成瘾行为和生活质量之间的关系。还探讨了管辖权差异。采用滚雪球抽样法收集在线数据，共招募了6074名18岁及以上的参与者。有调节的中介模型表明，心理困扰与所有网络成瘾行为有关，特定行为与特定领域的不良生活质量有关：游戏成瘾对身体和社会生活质量的影响，购物成瘾对身体、社会和环境生活质量的影响，社交网络成瘾对所有生活质量领域的影响，色情成瘾和赌博成瘾对心理和社会生活质量的影响（尽管更弱）。研究结果表明，心理困扰、网络成瘾行为和生活质量之间存在重要关系。他们还建议，需要针对不同文化的干预措施，解决心理困扰和特定的网络成瘾行为，以改善生活质量。

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Applied Research in Quality of Life SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

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6.40

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期刊介绍： The aim of this journal is to publish conceptual, methodological and empirical papers dealing with quality-of-life studies in the applied areas of the natural and social sciences. As the official journal of the ISQOLS, it is designed to attract papers that have direct implications for, or impact on practical applications of research on the quality-of-life. We welcome papers crafted from interdisciplinary, inter-professional and international perspectives. This research should guide decision making in a variety of professions, industries, nonprofit, and government sectors, including healthcare, travel and tourism, marketing, corporate management, community planning, social work, public administration, and human resource management. The goal is to help decision makers apply performance measures and outcome assessment techniques based on concepts such as well-being, human satisfaction, human development, happiness, wellness and quality-of-life. The Editorial Review Board is divided into specific sections indicating the broad scope of practice covered by the journal. The section editors are distinguished scholars from many countries across the globe.