The Relationship Between DouYin Use Intensity and Parenting Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Online Upward Social Comparison

Wenjing Yan, Ahmad Nizam Bin Othman, Nur Safinas binti Albakry

Abstract


Based on the current situation of parenting anxiety, this paper constructs a parenting anxiety evaluation model based on structural equation model (SEM), and uses partial least squares (PLS) to estimate the parameters, and makes a comprehensive evaluation of parenting anxiety. The results show that the intensity of parents’ Douyin use (ID) is positively correlated with the Network upward social comparison (NUSC). There is a positive correlation between Network upward social comparison (NUSC)and parenting anxiety(PA), that is, the upward social comparison on the Internet generated during the use of Douyin by parents is likely to cause parenting anxiety; The intensity of Douyin use is positively correlated with parenting anxiety, that is, the greater the intensity of Douyin use is, the more likely it is to produce anxiety in the process of parenting. Online upward social comparison plays a mediating role in the relationship between Douyin use intensity and parenting anxiety.

Keywords


Parenting anxiety; Network upward social comparison; Intensity of Douyin; Partial Least Squares

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