The relationship between Internet Use Disorder, depression and burnout among Chinese and German college students
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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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Excessive engagement with short videos can disrupt time management and reduce students' ability to focus on school-related tasks, resulting in increased academic pressure and frustration, leading to burnout.
“Excessive engagement with short videos, like other forms of digital addiction, can disrupt time management and reduce students’ ability to focus on school-related tasks. This results in increased academic pressure and frustration, leading to burnout39,40.”
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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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