With the rapid development of the Internet, the Internet is constantly changing people's way of life. On the one hand, the convenience of the Internet facilitates People's Daily life, while on the other hand, it also brings negative effects, such as problematic network use. College students has obvious characteristics，college students have a number of core value defects which lead to psychological disorders，they don't know what for to learn, don't know their interests and hobbies，and they don't know what is the meaning of life，the lack of positive correct values，and seldom think about target ambition and lack of real interests and hobbies. The Authentic Inner Compass is the right medicine for contemporary lost college students. The research on the Authentic Inner Compass has just started in other countries about ten years abroad. The previous researches mostly focus on the influence on subjective well-being and how to cultivate the Authentic Inner Compass. There have been no studies on problematic Internet use behavior and how Authentic Inner Compass affect problematic Internet use remains to be explored. Therefore this study focuses on a sense of direction and meaning that each of us needs to look for一Authentic Inner Compass，and carries out a study on the Problematic Internet use. The Chinese Version of the Internet Addiction Scale The Authentic Inner Compass Scale the Self-control Scale and the Friendship Quality Scale were used in this study and 441 valid questionnaires were collected from different universities across the country.
The results showed that(1)Authentic Inner Compass significantly negatively predicted Problematic Internet Use， and Authentic Inner Compass has significantly positively predicted self-control and friendship quality;(2)Self-control played a significant mediating role between Authentic Inner Compass and Problematic Internet Use;(3)Friendship quality has no significant moderating effect between Authentic Inner Compass and Problematic Internet Use, and between self-control and Problematic Internet Use;(4)Gender moderated the relationship between Authentic Inner Compass and problematic Internet use. In conclusion, Authentic Inner Compass can not only predict the decline of Problematic Internet Use, but also affect problematic Internet use through the mediating effect of self-control, and gender moderated the relationship between true inner guide and problematic Internet use. The results of this study can provide reference for the research on the use of Authentic Inner Compass and Problematic Internet Use，how to develop Authentic Inner Compass，and even help develop Authentic Inner Compass in childhood.
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