Problematic Internet Use (PIU) has been a growing issue for two decades, and many researchers have sought to explain its occurrence. Use and Gratification Theory (UGT) has guided empirical studies investigating the associations between gratification and PIU. However, their results appear equivocal. This study aimed to synthesize research findings applying UGT and pinpoint the associations between different gratifications and PIU. Effect sizes were pooled to obtain an overall effect size. Gratifications were then classified into four types (i.e., content, social, self-presentation, and process) according to the suggestions of previous studies and the measurement of included studies. Based on 216 effect sizes from 57 samples with 38,492 participants (mean age = 24.3; 55.1 % female), random effect model analyses yielded a medium effect size (r = 0.303, <.001, 95 % CI [0.263, 0.343]), indicating a positive association between general gratification and PIU. Subgroup analyses revealed that all four gratifications were positively associated with PIU; self-presentation showed the largest effect size, followed by process gratification.This study enhances the conceptual relevance of UGT in understanding PIU and highlights the importance of process and self-presentation gratification as predictors for PIU in certain contexts, such as among university students and in Asian countries.

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满足感及其与有问题的互联网使用的关联：使用使用和满足理论的系统回顾和荟萃分析

二十年来，有问题的互联网使用（PIU）一直是一个日益严重的问题，许多研究人员都试图解释其发生的原因。使用与满足理论 (UGT) 指导了调查满足与 PIU 之间关联的实证研究。然而，他们的结果似乎模棱两可。本研究旨在综合应用 UGT 的研究结果，并查明不同满足感与 PIU 之间的关联。合并效应大小以获得总体效应大小。然后根据先前研究的建议和纳入研究的测量，将满足感分为四种类型（即内容、社交、自我呈现和过程）。基于 38,492 名参与者（平均年龄 = 24.3；55.1% 女性）的 57 个样本的 216 个效应量，随机效应模型分析得出中等效应量（r = 0.303，<.001，95% CI [0.263，0.343]），表明总体满足感与 PIU 之间呈正相关。亚组分析显示，所有四种满足感均与 PIU 呈正相关；自我呈现的影响最大，其次是过程满足。这项研究增强了 UGT 在理解 PIU 方面的概念相关性，并强调了过程和自我呈现满足在某些情况下作为 PIU 预测因素的重要性，例如在大学生和青少年中。在亚洲国家。