NDLI: Supervisor’s neuroticism and problematic Internet use among graduate students: the mediating role of supervisor-student relationship quality and the moderating role of fear of the supervisor’s negative evaluation

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Author	Chu, Xiaoyuan Litifu, Alafate Zhu, Zhaoyi Ma, Shihao Zhou, Yang Gao, Qing Lei, Li Wei, Jun
Abstract	Background Graduate students exhibit vulnerability to problematic Internet use, which can result in adverse physical, psychological, and social consequences. However, limited studies have addressed this issue among graduate students, and even fewer have explored the unique factors contributing to their problematic Internet use. Therefore, to address this gap, the current study aims to probe the relationship between supervisor’s neuroticism and problematic Internet use among graduate students, the mediating effect of the supervisor-student relationship quality, as well as the moderating effect of fear of the supervisor’s negative evaluation. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2018 at three universities in Beijing, China. Anonymous data from 448 graduate students were collected regarding problematic Internet use, supervisor’s neuroticism, supervisor-student relationship quality, and the fear of the supervisor’s negative evaluation. A moderated mediation analysis was performed using Hayes’ PROCESS macro (Model 14). Results Supervisor’s neuroticism was positively linked to graduate students’ problematic Internet use, supervisor-student relationship quality mediated the linkage, and fear of the supervisor’s negative evaluation played a moderating role in the second stage. Specifically, for students lower in fear of the supervisor’s negative evaluation, supervisor-student relationship quality negatively predicted students’ problematic Internet use. While for the graduate students higher in fear of the supervisor’s negative evaluation, supervisor-student relationship quality could not significantly predict students’ problematic Internet use. The mediating effect was only significant for graduate students lower in fear of the supervisor’s negative evaluation. Conclusions This study established a theoretical model linking supervisor’s neuroticism to graduate students’ problematic Internet use, highlighting the potential roles of supervisor-student relationship quality and fear of the supervisor’s negative evaluation. Reducing the neuroticism level of the supervisor, enhancing the quality of the supervisor-student relationship, and mitigating students’ fear of the supervisor’s negative evaluation will contribute to the reduction of problematic Internet use among graduate students.
Related Links	https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12889-024-19725-x.pdf
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Page Count	13
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ISSN	14712458
DOI	10.1186/s12889-024-19725-x
Journal	BMC Public Health
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	24
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2024-08-17
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Public Health Medicine Epidemiology Biostatistics Vaccine Environmental Health Problematic internet use Supervisor’s neuroticism Supervisor-student relationship quality Fear of the supervisor’s negative evaluation Graduate students Medicine/Public Health
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Journal Impact Factor	3.5/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	3.9/2023

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