Stress and adult smartphone addiction: Mediation by self‐control, neuroticism, and extraversion

Cho, Hea-Young; Kim, Daijin; Park, Jae-Woo

doi:10.1002/smi.2749

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“…High neuroticism people usually show more emotion dysregulation and psychological inflexibility, which can also explain why individuals with high neuroticism are more prone to depression [ 9 ]. This study also found that neuroticism can significantly predict the addictive use of social media, indicating that the higher the level of neuroticism, the more likely an addiction to social media, which is consistent with the previous research results [ 33 , 55 ]. Meanwhile, the addictive use of social media can significantly predict depressive symptoms.…”

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Three-Wave Longitudinal Survey on the Relationship between Neuroticism and Depressive Symptoms of First-Year College Students: Addictive Use of Social Media as a Moderated Mediator

Zhu

Wang

et al. 2020

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First-year college students’ adaptation problems and related mental health have attracted researchers’ attention. The current research focuses on the depressive symptoms of first-year college students and aims to explore the relationship between the neuroticism trait and depressive symptoms, the mediating effect of addictive use of social media, and the moderating effect of psychological resilience. Three-wave longitudinal data from 1128 first-year students at a university in Fujian Province, China, were collected within three months of their enrollment. PROCESS macro for SPSS with bootstrapping was used to test the model. Results showed that the prevalence of moderate to severe severity of depressive symptoms in first-year students was 10.28% (T1) and 11.17% (T3). Addictive use of social media (T2) plays a moderated mediator role in the relationship between neuroticism (T1) and depressive symptoms (T3) of first-year students. Specifically, a low neuroticism individual does not necessarily have a less addictive use of social media. Psychological resilience (T1) moderated the above mediation. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

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Three-Wave Longitudinal Survey on the Relationship between Neuroticism and Depressive Symptoms of First-Year College Students: Addictive Use of Social Media as a Moderated Mediator

Zhu

Wang

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“…Excessive mobile phone use may lead to concentration difficulties in class and doing homework leading to poor academic performance (Jacobsen & Forste, 2011;Junco & Cotten, 2012). With increased stress, self-control usually decreases, contributing to the risk of excessive mobile phone use (Cho, Kim & Park, 2017); in addition, students with high academic pressure may attempt to relax by using mobile phone frequently, which could further explain the positive association between heavy academic pressure and excessive mobile phone use. A negative association between sleep duration and excessive mobile phone use was also found in this study.…”

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The severity of mobile phone addiction and its relationship with quality of life in Chinese university students

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Mei

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Objective This study examined the severity of mobile phone addiction and its relationship with quality of life (QOL) in Chinese university students. Methods A total of 2,312 university students from Macao, Hong Kong and mainland China participated in this cross-sectional study. The Mobile Phone Addiction Scale (MPAS), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief version (WHOQOL-BREF) rating instruments were used to assess the severity of mobile phone addiction and QOL, respectively. Results Compared to students in mainland China, those in Macao and Hong Kong were more likely to have excessive mobile phone use. Multiple linear regression revealed that high academic pressure and poor academic performance were positively associated, while male gender, greater interest in academic major and long sleep duration were negatively associated with the severity of mobile phone addiction. Students addicted to mobile phone use had significantly lower scores across all QOL domains. Conclusion Due to the adverse impact of excessive mobile phone use on QOL, public education and effective preventive measures should be developed for Chinese university students.

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“…This method has also been used to treat workaholism [ 25 ] and sexual addiction [ 26 ]. Additionally, mindfulness is also considered as a method suitable for treating smartphone addiction [ 27 , 28 , 29 ]. Recent research has found that the effect of nomophobia on problematic smartphone use weakens as mindfulness increases [ 30 ].…”

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Mindfulness and Smartphone Addiction before Going to Sleep among College Students: The Mediating Roles of Self-Control and Rumination

Cheng

Zhang

2020

Clocks & Sleep

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This study aims to examine the effects among college students of mindfulness on smartphone addiction before going to bed at night. We examined the mediating roles of self-control and rumination on the mindfulness–smartphone addiction path. Participants (n = 270, 59.3% females, 18–24 years old) completed self-reporting questionnaires measuring mindfulness, self-control, smartphone addiction, and rumination. In addition to the correlation analysis, we adopted a stepwise regression analysis with bootstrapping to test the mediating effects. It was found that mindfulness was inversely related to smartphone addiction before going to sleep. Most importantly, self-control and rumination significantly mediated the effects of mindfulness on smartphone addiction among college students. The findings of this study indicated that mindfulness training is beneficial to improve the ability of self-control and reduce rumination levels, thereby inhibiting the negative impact of smartphone addiction on college students before they go to sleep, and further promoting their sleep health and mental health.

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Stress and adult smartphone addiction: Mediation by self‐control, neuroticism, and extraversion

Cited by 117 publications

References 17 publications

Three-Wave Longitudinal Survey on the Relationship between Neuroticism and Depressive Symptoms of First-Year College Students: Addictive Use of Social Media as a Moderated Mediator

Three-Wave Longitudinal Survey on the Relationship between Neuroticism and Depressive Symptoms of First-Year College Students: Addictive Use of Social Media as a Moderated Mediator

The severity of mobile phone addiction and its relationship with quality of life in Chinese university students

Mindfulness and Smartphone Addiction before Going to Sleep among College Students: The Mediating Roles of Self-Control and Rumination

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