Trait Procrastination and Mobile Phone Addiction Among Chinese College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model of Stress and Gender

Yang, Xiaofan; Wang, Pengcheng; Hu, Ping

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.614660

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“…The influence of perceived stress on smartphone addiction has begun to gain empirical support ( Chiu, 2014 ; Yang et al, 2020 ). However, questions concerning the underlying mediating and moderating mechanisms remain largely unknown.…”

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“…Medical college students, as a special group of college students, have high levels of stress that could be due to academic burden, frequency of examinations, lengthy academic curriculum, and worrying about the future ( Gazzaz et al, 2018 ). When faced with this stress, they are more likely to use smartphones as a way to relieve stress ( Yang et al, 2020 ). Perceived stress refers to the degree to which an individual perceives an external event as stress ( Cohen et al, 1984 ).…”

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Perceived Stress and Smartphone Addiction in Medical College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotions and the Moderating Role of Psychological Capital

Wang

Mehmood

et al. 2021

Front. Psychol.

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Background: Many studies have confirmed the existence of an extremely close relationship between smartphone addiction and perceived stress. However, the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying the association between perceived stress and smartphone addiction in medical college students remain largely unexplored.Methods: A questionnaire was distributed among a total of 769 medical college students in Heilongjiang Province, China. Participants completed measures of perceived stress, smartphone addiction, negative emotions, and psychological capital. Pearson’s correlation analysis was used to test the correlations between variables. The analysis of a moderated mediation model was performed using Hayes’s PROCESS macro.Results: Pearson’s correlation analysis indicated that perceived stress (r = 0.18, p < 0.01) and negative emotions (r = 0.31, p < 0.01) were positively correlated with smartphone addiction, and psychological capital was negatively correlated with smartphone addiction (r = −0.29, p < 0.01). The moderated mediation analysis indicated that negative emotions partially mediated the association between perceived stress and smartphone addiction [mediation effect accounted for 33.3%, SE = 0.10, 95% CI = (0.10, 0.24)], and the first stage of the mediation process was significantly moderated by psychological capital [moderated mediation = −0.01, SE = 0.01, 95% CI = (−0.01, −0.00)].Conclusion: Negative emotions play a mediating role between perceived stress and smartphone addiction, and psychological capital plays an important moderating role in the first stage of the mediation process.

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Perceived Stress and Smartphone Addiction in Medical College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotions and the Moderating Role of Psychological Capital

Wang

Mehmood

et al. 2021

Front. Psychol.

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“…Previous research has reported that bedtime procrastination played a mediating effect in the positive correlation between PMPU and sleep quality in Chinese college students [53]. In addition, studies have also found that trait procrastination and general procrastination may lead to PMPU [54,55]. From personality trait theory we know that personality affects behavior [56]; bedtime procrastination, as a characteristic of the procrastinating personality, may then also affect PMPU, but no research has focused on this possible relationship.…”

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Longitudinal relationships among problematic mobile phone use, bedtime procrastination, sleep quality and depressive symptoms in Chinese college students: a cross-lagged panel analysis

Cui

Yin

et al. 2021

BMC Psychiatry

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Background Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have found that problematic mobile phone use, bedtime procrastination, sleep quality, and depressive symptoms are strongly associated. However, studies are inconsistent regarding whether problematic mobile phone use predicts depressive symptoms or vice versa, and sleep factors have been infrequently focused on in this regard. In addition, few studies have examined the longitudinal associations and directions of effects between these factors. Therefore, this study aims to explore the longitudinal relationship among problematic mobile phone use, bedtime procrastination, sleep quality, and depressive symptoms in college students. Methods Overall, 1181 college students completed questionnaires on problematic mobile phone use, bedtime procrastination, sleep quality, and depressive symptoms at two time points 12 months apart. A cross-lagged model was used to examine the longitudinal relationship between these factors. Results Cross-lagged analyses showed significant bidirectional relationships of problematic mobile phone use with bedtime procrastination and depressive symptoms. Additionally, there were also significant bidirectional relationships of sleep quality with bedtime procrastination and depressive symptoms. Problematic mobile phone use predicted subsequent sleep quality one-way, and bedtime procrastination predicted subsequent depressive symptoms one-way. Conclusions This study further expands our understanding of the longitudinal and bidirectional relationships among problematic mobile phone use, bedtime procrastination, sleep quality and depressive symptoms and helps school mental health educators design targeted interventions to reduce problematic mobile phone use, sleep problems, and depressive symptoms among college students.

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“…Similar smartphone behavioral patterns were found in medical college students, where females were more likely to use multiple media applications while males used game apps [ 32 ]. Moreover, gender was reported as moderating smartphone addiction and the perfectionism trait: males with a higher tendency of perfectionism have a higher risk of addiction to smartphone use [ 37 ], and the procrastination trait was correlated with smartphone addiction in both gender groups [ 38 ].…”

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An Investigation into Smartphone Addiction with Personality and Sleep Quality among University Students

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Chang

Huang

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Over the past two decades, smartphones have become common, and the accompanying devices have also become much more popular and easily accessible worldwide. With the development of smartphones, accompanied by internet facilities, excessive smartphone use or smartphone addiction may cause sleep disturbance and daily dysfunction. This study proposed examining the association between personality traits and smartphone addiction and its effects on sleep disturbance. Four hundred and twenty-two university participants (80 male and 342 female participants) with a mean age of 20.22 years old were recruited in this study. All participants were asked to complete the following questionnaires: Chinese Smartphone Addiction Inventory (CSPAI), Tri-dimensional personality questionnaire (TPQ), and Chinese Pittsburg Sleep Questionnaire Inventory (CPSQI). The results showed that people with a high tendency toward novelty seeking (NS) as a personality trait, compared to those with lower tendency toward NS, are more likely to become addicted to smartphone use. Moreover, those with a stronger trait of being NS and specific impulsivity factor were found to have higher total scores in the SPAI (p < 0.05). In addition, linear regression analysis showed that the individuals with higher scores for withdrawal symptoms on the SPAI and anticipatory worry factor on the TPQ tended to have higher CPSQI total scores (p < 0.05). This information may be useful for prevention in individuals with personality traits making them vulnerable to smartphone addiction and for designing intervention programs to reduce intensive smartphone use and programs to increase capability in managing smartphone use.

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Trait Procrastination and Mobile Phone Addiction Among Chinese College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model of Stress and Gender

Cited by 48 publications

References 54 publications

Perceived Stress and Smartphone Addiction in Medical College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotions and the Moderating Role of Psychological Capital

Perceived Stress and Smartphone Addiction in Medical College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotions and the Moderating Role of Psychological Capital

Longitudinal relationships among problematic mobile phone use, bedtime procrastination, sleep quality and depressive symptoms in Chinese college students: a cross-lagged panel analysis

An Investigation into Smartphone Addiction with Personality and Sleep Quality among University Students

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