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The relationship between Internet Use Disorder, depression and burnout among Chinese and German college students

Peterka-Bonetta, Jessica, Sindermann, Cornelia, Sha, Peng, Zhou, Min, Montag, Christian·2019·Addictive Behaviors

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In the present study, we investigated the relationship between depression and Internet Use Disorder (IUD) and between burnout and IUD among German as well as Chinese college students. Due to cultural differences and their implications for the individual's psychological health, we expected Chinese college students to have in particular higher IUD than German college students. We further expected to find positive relationships between depression and IUD and between burnout and IUD. Furthermore, we believed these relationships to reflect global effects and thus to be present in both samples. The data showed that Chinese college students had higher average burnout scores in the subscales MBI Emotional Exhaustion and MBI Cynicism and also higher IUD scores, but not higher depression scores. As expected, the correlation analysis revealed significant, positive correlations between depression and IUD as well as between burnout and IUD. The results are consistent in both samples, implying that the effect is globally valid. Furthermore, we observed that the relationship between depression and IUD is stronger than the relationship between emotional exhaustion and IUD in both samples, although this effect was not significant. We conclude that burnout and depression are related to IUD and that this relationship is valid independently of the cultural background of an individual.

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Authors
Peterka-Bonetta, J., Sindermann, C., Sha, P., Zhou, M., & Montag, C.
Affiliations
  • Universität Ulm (DE)
  • Southwest University (CN)
  • University of Cologne (DE)
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (CN)
Venue
Addictive Behaviors
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-02
Volume
89
Pages
188-199
ISSN
0306-4603 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2888884935
Cited by
76
References
76
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 10
FWCI
14.79
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Addictive Behaviors (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Kölner Universitäts PublikationsServer (Universität zu Köln) (publishedVersion)
Funders
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (MO 2363/3-2)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
Keywords
internet use disorders, depression, burnout, university students, cross-cultural comparison, Chinese students, German students, emotional exhaustion, cynicism, Maslach Burnout Inventory
MeSH terms
Burnout, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, China, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Depressive Disorder, Female, Germany, Humans, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Students, Universities, Comorbidity, Behavior, Addictive, Internet, Young Adult

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