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Social networking sites addiction and adolescent depression: A moderated mediation model of rumination and self-esteem
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wang, P., Wang, X., Wu, Y., Xie, X., Wang, X., Zhao, F., Ouyang, M., & Lei, L.
- Affiliations
- Renmin University of China (CN)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Northeast Normal University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Lei, Li
- ORCID
- Venue
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-06
- Volume
- 127
- Pages
- 162-167
- ISSN
- 0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2790907667
- Cited by
- 221
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
- 2026: 25 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 37.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Renmin University of China
- Key Project of Social Science Fund of Beijing, China (15SHA005)
- Ministry of Education (14JJD190005)
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health via Writing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- adolescent depression, rumination, self-esteem, moderated mediation, Chinese adolescents, internet addiction
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