To examine the chain mediation model linking aggression with depressive and anxiety symptoms through internet addiction and somatization in adolescents.
Key Findings:
Aggression was positively correlated with depressive symptoms (β = 0.256, p < 0.001) and anxiety symptoms (β = 0.275, p < 0.001).
Chain mediation analysis revealed three pathways: independent mediating effects of internet addiction and somatization, and a sequential chain effect from internet addiction to somatization.
The model explained more variance in depressive symptoms (R² = 58.2%) than in anxiety symptoms (R² = 53.5%).
The association between somatization and depressive symptoms (β = 0.457) was stronger than that with anxiety symptoms (β = 0.428).
Interpretation:
Limitations:
The study's cross-sectional design limits causal inferences.
Patients are mining Reddit and TikTok for symptom intel while you're not — and a small study calls it epistemic injustice. Different knowledge, mutually unrecognized. Maybe ask where they've been reading before you wave it off as anecdote.
