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
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 distres...
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| author | Huang, Yu Ting Huang, Po Ching Hou, Wen Li Aljaberi, Musheer A. Gan, Wan Ying Tung, Serene En Hui Chen, Ji Kang Chen, I. Hua Siaw, Yan Li Huang, Shih Wei Chen, Jung Sheng Lee, Kuo Hsin Yu, Rwei Ling Demetrovics, Zsolt Potenza, Marc N. Griffiths, Mark D. Lin, Chung Ying |
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| description | 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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| spelling | upm-1196722025-09-08T01:13:31Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/119672/ 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 Huang, Yu Ting Huang, Po Ching Hou, Wen Li Aljaberi, Musheer A. Gan, Wan Ying Tung, Serene En Hui Chen, Ji Kang Chen, I. Hua Siaw, Yan Li Huang, Shih Wei Chen, Jung Sheng Lee, Kuo Hsin Yu, Rwei Ling Demetrovics, Zsolt Potenza, Marc N. Griffiths, Mark D. Lin, Chung Ying 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. Springer 2025-08-23 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/119672/1/119672.pdf Huang, Yu Ting and Huang, Po Ching and Hou, Wen Li and Aljaberi, Musheer A. and Gan, Wan Ying and Tung, Serene En Hui and Chen, Ji Kang and Chen, I. Hua and Siaw, Yan Li and Huang, Shih Wei and Chen, Jung Sheng and Lee, Kuo Hsin and Yu, Rwei Ling and Demetrovics, Zsolt and Potenza, Marc N. and Griffiths, Mark D. and Lin, Chung Ying (2025) 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. Applied Research in Quality of Life. pp. 1-24. ISSN 1871-2584; eISSN: 1871-2576 (In Press) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11482-025-10495-1 10.1007/s11482-025-10495-1 |
| spellingShingle | Huang, Yu Ting Huang, Po Ching Hou, Wen Li Aljaberi, Musheer A. Gan, Wan Ying Tung, Serene En Hui Chen, Ji Kang Chen, I. Hua Siaw, Yan Li Huang, Shih Wei Chen, Jung Sheng Lee, Kuo Hsin Yu, Rwei Ling Demetrovics, Zsolt Potenza, Marc N. Griffiths, Mark D. Lin, Chung Ying 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 |
| title | 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 |
| title_full | 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 |
| title_fullStr | 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 |
| title_full_unstemmed | 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 |
| title_short | 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 |
| title_sort | 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 |
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