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| Relationship between state boredom and internet addiction of university students: mediating role of rumination and moderating effect of trait hope |
| ZHANG Yifan, SONG Jiao, WANG Jingyuan, LI Xiang, PAN Guanghua |
| College of Health Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, Shandong Province, China |
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Abstract Objective To explore the effect of state boredom on internet addiction, the mediating role of rumination, and the moderating effect of trait hope based on boredom feedback model and risk buffering hypothesis. Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted on 550 students in a university in Shandong Province by using the multidimensional state boredom scale, ruminative responses scale, adult trait hope scale, and Chinese internet addiction scale. A total of 481 valid questionnaires were collected. The relevant data were statistically analyzed. Results State boredom and rumination were significantly positively correlated with internet addiction, and state boredom was significantly negatively correlated with trait hope. Rumination played a partial mediating role between state boredom and internet addiction. The mediating role of rumination was moderated by trait hope. In situations where trait hope was low, boredom had positively predictive effect on rumination. Conclusion State boredom aggravates rumination and enhances the risk of internet addiction. The predictive effect of state boredom on rumination intensifies with the decrease of trait hope. High-hope bored individuals are less likely to fall into rumination and thus have a lower risk of internet addiction.
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