The Adaptive Coping Style Moderates the Mediation of Perceived Stress Linking Neuroticism to Internet Addiction among Indonesian Migrant Workers in Taiwan

• Main Author: ERNI JULIANTI SIMANJUNTAK
• Other Authors: KO, HUEI-CHEN
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/95meyu

碩士 === 亞洲大學 === 心理學系 === 106 === The present study examined the model of Neuroticism on Internet addiction by a joint investigation of the mediating role of perceived stress in linking Neuroticism to Internet addiction as well as the moderating role of adaptive coping style in this mediation among Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwan. The study was conducted with a cross-sectional design in a total of 466 Indonesian workers recruited from Indonesian working places and the leisure activity places in Taipei and Taichung area by a purposive sampling. Participants completed a survey, including measures of neuroticism, Internet addiction, perceived stress and adaptive coping style. The results showed that perceived stress mediated the association of Neuroticism with Internet addiction. Furthermore, adaptive coping style moderated the strength of the mediation between Neuroticism and Internet addiction via perceived stress, such that the mediated relationship weakened under the higher levels of adaptive coping style than under the lower levels of adaptive coping style. These results supported the hypothesized model. However, the model needs further examination in a large-scale longitudinal study.