The mediating and buffering effect of academic self-efficacy on the relationship between smartphone addiction and academic procrastination

Li, Ling; Gao, Huajing; Xu, Yanhua

doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2020.104001

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“…Smartphone use by children and adolescents has been growing at exponential rates around the world, including China [ 1 ]. Due to the surge of mobile technology, adolescents spend more and more time on their smartphones every year [ 2 , 3 ].…”

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Youths’ Habitual Use of Smartphones Alters Sleep Quality and Memory: Insights from a National Sample of Chinese Students

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A growing body of work has been devoted to studying the smartphone addiction in youths and its impact on their lives, but less is known about the predictors and effects of youth habitual use of smartphones. Guided by social cognitive theory, this study investigates how habitual smartphone use affects sleep quality and everyday memory based on a nationally representative sample of Chinese students (N = 2298). It uses a cluster-randomized sampling with stratification of different areas, consisting of both urban and rural students aged 6–18 years from elementary, middle, and high schools across China. It found that Chinese students exhibited a habitual smartphone use, who were generally confident in using mobile devices, but few had smartphone addiction. Significant gender and age differences were identified concerning the habitual use of smartphone. Specifically, boys demonstrated higher levels of habitual use and smartphone self-efficacy than the girls. High school students showed the highest level of habitual smartphone use compared to those in elementary and middle schools. Smartphone use duration, frequency, and self-efficacy predicted the habitual use, which also led to poorer sleep quality and worse memory outcomes. Prebedtime exposure moderated the relationship between habitual smartphone uses and sleep quality. The results show that students’ habitual smartphone use had a significant impact on their health, cognition and more, even when they exhibited little smartphone addiction. The findings contribute to a better understanding of smartphone impact on school-age youths.

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Youths’ Habitual Use of Smartphones Alters Sleep Quality and Memory: Insights from a National Sample of Chinese Students

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“…Self-efficacy should be negatively correlated with PSU severity . Several previous studies from Asia ( 24 , 25 , 31 ) support self-efficacy's negative relationship with PSU severity.…”

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“…According to the I-PACE model, self-efficacy could be regarded as a cognitive component; thus, it was reasonable to conceptualize self-efficacy as a potential mediating or moderating variable in the model. Actually, the mediating and buffering effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between PSU and other psychological variables such as academic procrastination and materialism has been previously reported ( 24 , 25 ). Although numerous studies support the relationship between PSU and anxiety symptoms ( 17 ), whether self-efficacy can serve as a mediator or moderator on this relationship remains unknown.…”

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“…A low level of self-efficacy is usually accompanied by a high level of anxiety symptoms. Similarly, a low level of self-efficacy was associated with a higher level of PSU severity ( 24 , 25 ). According to the I-PACE model, self-efficacy could be regarded as a cognitive component; thus, it was reasonable to conceptualize self-efficacy as a potential mediating or moderating variable in the model.…”

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Association Between Anxiety Symptoms and Problematic Smartphone Use Among Chinese University Students: The Mediating/Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy

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Problematic smartphone use (PSU) is a novel manifestation of addictive behaviors. It is frequently reported to be correlated with anxiety symptoms among University students. However, the underlying mechanism has not yet been thoroughly studied. Whether the association between anxiety symptoms and PSU is mediated or moderated by self-efficacy remains unclarified. A cluster sampling cross-sectional study was thus conducted to explore the potential mediating or moderating effect of self-efficacy in Chinese University students. Participants (N = 1,113) were recruited from eight Universities in Shenyang, China. Of them, 146 did not effectively respond to the questionnaires. Thus, 967 participants were eligible for the final analysis. The mediating or moderating role of self-efficacy in the anxiety-PSU relationship was explored using hierarchical multiple regression. Then the mediation model was further verified using the SPSS macros program (PROCESS v3.0). Our results showed that anxiety symptoms was positively correlated with PSU (r = 0.302, P < 0.01), while self-efficacy was negatively correlated with anxiety symptoms and PSU (r = −0.271 and −0.181, P < 0.01). Self-efficacy partly mediated the relationship between anxiety symptoms and PSU, which accounted for ~17.5% of the total effect that anxiety symptoms have on PSU. However, the moderating effect of self-efficacy on the anxiety-PSU relationship was insignificant. In summary, our findings suggested that self-efficacy partly mediates but not moderates the link between anxiety symptoms and PSU among Chinese University students. Therefore, multicomponent interventions should be made to restrict the frequency of smartphone usage, enhance the level of self-efficacy, and thus promote the mental health status of University students.

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“…Furthermore, as self-efficacy tends to be context-specific and will not automatically transfer over different tasks or activities (Zimmerman and Cleary, 2006), a relatively broad set of on efficacy-building experiences, course by course, is necessary (→Lack of study skill training), though not necessarily enough on its own (Kurtovic et al, 2019). Other research has recently indicated that self-efficacy may be indirectly rather than directly related to academic procrastination (Li et al, 2020), and that self-efficacy for self-regulation, for example, may be a strong predictor (Zhang et al, 2018).…”

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How Study Environments Foster Academic Procrastination: Overview and Recommendations

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Procrastination is common among students, with prevalence estimates double or even triple those of the working population. This inflated prevalence indicates that the academic environment may appear as "procrastination friendly" to students. In the present paper, we identify social, cultural, organizational, and contextual factors that may foster or facilitate procrastination (such as large degree of freedom in the study situation, long deadlines, and temptations and distractions), document their research basis, and provide recommendations for changes in these factors to reduce and prevent procrastination. We argue that increased attention to such procrastination-friendly factors in academic environments is important and that relatively minor measures to reduce their detrimental effects may have substantial benefits for students, institutions, and society.

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The mediating and buffering effect of academic self-efficacy on the relationship between smartphone addiction and academic procrastination

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Youths’ Habitual Use of Smartphones Alters Sleep Quality and Memory: Insights from a National Sample of Chinese Students

Youths’ Habitual Use of Smartphones Alters Sleep Quality and Memory: Insights from a National Sample of Chinese Students

Association Between Anxiety Symptoms and Problematic Smartphone Use Among Chinese University Students: The Mediating/Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy

How Study Environments Foster Academic Procrastination: Overview and Recommendations

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