Avoidance/emotion-focused coping mediates the relationship between distress tolerance and problematic Internet use in a representative sample of adolescents in Taiwan: One-year follow-up.

The results not only support the TTI framework, but can also serve as a reference to help educational agencies and mental health organizations create policies and design programs that will help in the prevention of PIU among adolescents. The mediating role of avoidance/emotion-focused coping in the relationship between distress tolerance and PIU was discussed.