| Sumario: | Background: Internet addiction has always been a topic of wide concern among scholars from various fields, unlike what compensatory internet use theory suggests, individuals experiencing cyberbullying victimization do not exhibit the desire to escape from the source of victimization (Internet) as predicted by the theory. To explore the mechanism of how cyberbullying victimization (CV) affects internet addiction (IA), this study constructs a serial mediation model for Chinese university students, using rumination and fear of missing out (FoMO) as potential mediating variables.This study included a total of 2693 participants (female = 2012, 74.7%; mean age = 20.31 years) Chinese university students. Measures were taken using relevant questionnaires on all participants, and the construction of a chained mediation model was carried out using Hayes’s PROCESS v4.2 macro (Model 6) in SPSS.The findings of the study indicated that (1) the direct influence of CV on IA was not significant; however, traditional bullying victimization (TV) exerted a significant direct impact on IA; (2) rumination and FoMO have a significant chained mediating effect between both forms of victimization and internet addiction.This study further fills the theoretical gap in compensatory internet use, disclosing that cyberbullying victimization is not directly linked to internet addiction. However, the emergence of additional mediating variables may lead to a significant connection between them.Methods: Internet addiction has always been a topic of wide concern among scholars from various fields, unlike what compensatory internet use theory suggests, individuals experiencing cyberbullying victimization do not exhibit the desire to escape from the source of victimization (Internet) as predicted by the theory. To explore the mechanism of how cyberbullying victimization (CV) affects internet addiction (IA), this study constructs a serial mediation model for Chinese university students, using rumination and fear of missing out (FoMO) as potential mediating variables.This study included a total of 2693 participants (female = 2012, 74.7%; mean age = 20.31 years) Chinese university students. Measures were taken using relevant questionnaires on all participants, and the construction of a chained mediation model was carried out using Hayes’s PROCESS v4.2 macro (Model 6) in SPSS.The findings of the study indicated that (1) the direct influence of CV on IA was not significant; however, traditional bullying victimization (TV) exerted a significant direct impact on IA; (2) rumination and FoMO have a significant chained mediating effect between both forms of victimization and internet addiction.This study further fills the theoretical gap in compensatory internet use, disclosing that cyberbullying victimization is not directly linked to internet addiction. However, the emergence of additional mediating variables may lead to a significant connection between them.Results: Internet addiction has always been a topic of wide concern among scholars from various fields, unlike what compensatory internet use theory suggests, individuals experiencing cyberbullying victimization do not exhibit the desire to escape from the source of victimization (Internet) as predicted by the theory. To explore the mechanism of how cyberbullying victimization (CV) affects internet addiction (IA), this study constructs a serial mediation model for Chinese university students, using rumination and fear of missing out (FoMO) as potential mediating variables.This study included a total of 2693 participants (female = 2012, 74.7%; mean age = 20.31 years) Chinese university students. Measures were taken using relevant questionnaires on all participants, and the construction of a chained mediation model was carried out using Hayes’s PROCESS v4.2 macro (Model 6) in SPSS.The findings of the study indicated that (1) the direct influence of CV on IA was not significant; however, traditional bullying victimization (TV) exerted a significant direct impact on IA; (2) rumination and FoMO have a significant chained mediating effect between both forms of victimization and internet addiction.This study further fills the theoretical gap in compensatory internet use, disclosing that cyberbullying victimization is not directly linked to internet addiction. However, the emergence of additional mediating variables may lead to a significant connection between them.Conclusions: Internet addiction has always been a topic of wide concern among scholars from various fields, unlike what compensatory internet use theory suggests, individuals experiencing cyberbullying victimization do not exhibit the desire to escape from the source of victimization (Internet) as predicted by the theory. To explore the mechanism of how cyberbullying victimization (CV) affects internet addiction (IA), this study constructs a serial mediation model for Chinese university students, using rumination and fear of missing out (FoMO) as potential mediating variables.This study included a total of 2693 participants (female = 2012, 74.7%; mean age = 20.31 years) Chinese university students. Measures were taken using relevant questionnaires on all participants, and the construction of a chained mediation model was carried out using Hayes’s PROCESS v4.2 macro (Model 6) in SPSS.The findings of the study indicated that (1) the direct influence of CV on IA was not significant; however, traditional bullying victimization (TV) exerted a significant direct impact on IA; (2) rumination and FoMO have a significant chained mediating effect between both forms of victimization and internet addiction.This study further fills the theoretical gap in compensatory internet use, disclosing that cyberbullying victimization is not directly linked to internet addiction. However, the emergence of additional mediating variables may lead to a significant connection between them.
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