Social Connectedness Buffering the Interaction Between Problematic Internet Use and Psychopathological Symptoms Among Adolescents: Undirected and Bayesian Network Analyses

Jiaqi Xu   ^{1 *} , MM ;   Wenxin Bao   ^{1 *} , MM ;   Kexin Zhou   ¹ , BM ;   Qiyuan Cao   ¹ , BM ;   Min Hu   ² , MM ;   Jing Li   ¹ , MD ;   Xiacan Chen   ^{3, 4} , PhD ;   Jiajun Xu   ¹ , MD

¹ Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

² Psychiatry department, Chengdu Southwest Rehabilitation Hospital, Chengdu, China

³ Institute of Forensic Medicine, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

⁴ Département de psychiatrie et addictologie, Université de Montréal Centre de Recherche Institut National de Psychiatrie Légale Philippe-Pinel, Montreal, QC, Canada

*these authors contributed equally