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Excessive Internet use and depressive symptom levels in adolescents with depressive disorders: chain mediation of social anxiety and sleep quality

  • By

  • Mengyuan Zhang

  • Liqi Gu

  • Xinrong Ma

  • Ling Dang

  • Yuelan Zhang

  • Furong Gou

  • Xin Tian

  • May 4, 2026

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    Excessive Internet use is positively associated with more severe depressive symptoms in adolescents with depressive disorders.

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    Social anxiety and sleep quality mediate the relationship between excessive Internet use and depressive symptoms.

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    The total indirect effect of excessive Internet use on depressive symptoms accounted for 65.66% of the total effect.

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    Social anxiety accounted for 24.10% and sleep quality for 26.51% of the total effect on depressive symptoms.

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    Interventions targeting excessive Internet use may help prevent and mitigate depressive symptoms in adolescents.

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Excessive Internet use and depressive symptom levels in adolescents with depressive disorders: chain mediation of social anxiety and sleep quality

  • by Mengyuan Zhang, Liqi Gu, Xinrong Ma, Ling Dang, Yuelan Zhang, Furong Gou, Xin Tian

  • May 4, 2026

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