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Sports interest mediating exercise and compulsive internet use among undergraduates.

With the massive growth in Internet technologies, people have become wary of excessive Internet usage, known as compulsive Internet usage or Internet addiction. This study looks into how exercise is related to compulsive Internet usage. Previous research showed varying results regarding the relation...

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Published in:Health Promotion International Vol. 34; no. 5; pp. 953 - 961
Main Authors: Ting, J, Chien, K P, Dhir, A, Chen, S
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Oct2019
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          Ting, J
          Chien, K P
          Dhir, A
          Chen, S
        affil: Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education
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          Sports
          Exercise
          Internet Addiction Psychosocial Factors
          Students, Undergraduate Psychosocial Factors
          Physical Activity
          Human
          Funding Source
          Physical Education and Training
          Sports Participation
          Surveys
          Male
          Female
          Taiwan
          Students, Undergraduate
          Behavior, Addictive
          Adolescence
          Adult
          Sedentary Behavior
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Questionnaires
          Data Analysis Software
          Factor Analysis
          Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
          Coefficient alpha
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: With the massive growth in Internet technologies, people have become wary of excessive Internet usage, known as compulsive Internet usage or Internet addiction. This study looks into how exercise is related to compulsive Internet usage. Previous research showed varying results regarding the relationship between sports habit and Internet usage; this project clarifies the relationship by investigating mediating variables in terms of interest in different aspects of sports, such as physical education, mastering sport skills, sports participation, and watching sports. Two survey studies were conducted. The participants were 232 male and 107 female Taiwanese undergraduate students in the first survey, totaling 339 students. The second survey had 233 males, 98 female students, and 2 who did not disclose their gender, with a final total of 333. The results reveal that interest in physical education (IPE) mediates sports habit and compulsive Internet usage. As long as the student had a habit of doing sports that increased IPE, this would in turn decrease compulsive Internet use. The importance of igniting students' IPE is discussed.
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