scholarly journals The Influence of Loneliness on The Mobile Phone Addiction of Contemporary College Students: The Mediating Role of Online Social Support

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. p1
Author(s):  
Wang Bei ◽  
Su Yitong ◽  
Li Zeyu
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Online Social Support ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Mobile Phone Addiction ◽  
Support Methods ◽  
The Impact

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of loneliness on the mobile phone addiction, and to investigate the role of the psychological variable of online social support. Methods: 622 college students were surveyed by using the mobile phone addiction index (MPAI) scale, Online Social Support Questionnaire for College Students and the short-form of the UCLA Loneliness Scale. Results: The main effect of online social support and the mobile phone addiction on education level was significant. Loneliness was negatively correlated with online social support and the mobile phone addiction, online social support is positively correlated with the mobile phone addiction. Online social support was a complete mediator between loneliness and the mobile phone addiction.

Effect of Parent–Child Attachment on College Students’ Social Anxiety: A Moderated Mediation Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 123 (6) ◽  
pp. 2196-2214
Author(s):  
Yi Yu ◽  
Shen Liu ◽  
Minghua Song ◽  
Hang Fan ◽  
Lin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Mediation Process ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Online Social Support ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Child Attachment ◽  
Parent Child

This study investigated the relationship between parent–child attachment and social anxiety in college students, as well as the mediating role of psychological resilience and the moderating role of online social support. In total, 614 college students were recruited by the cluster sampling method. The results showed that (1) parent–child attachment was negatively correlated with college students’ social anxiety and positively correlated with their psychological resilience, (2) psychological resilience played a mediating role between parent–child attachment and college students’ social anxiety, and (3) online social support regulated the first half and second half of the mediation process in which parent–child attachment affected college students’ social anxiety through psychological resilience. These findings revealed the mechanism of parent–child attachment affecting social anxiety, which had important theoretical and empirical value for enhancing the strength of college students’ psychological resilience and alleviating social anxiety.

How mobile phone addiction is associated with suicidal ideation? The mediation role of depression and moderation role of online social support (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huahua Hu ◽  
Xue Yang ◽  
Phoenix Mo ◽  
Chengjia Zhao ◽  
Beibei Kuang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
University Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Potential Importance ◽  
Online Social Support ◽  
Mobile Phone Addiction ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
The Relationship

UNSTRUCTURED Recent studies have highlighted mobile phone addiction (MPA) as a potential risk of suicidal ideation. However, the mechanisms underlying that association require attention. This investigation examines whether the relationship between MPA and suicidal ideation would be mediated by depression, and buffered by online social support (OSS) in university students. A total of 1,042 Chinese university students completed the questionnaire including the measures of mobile phone addiction, depression, suicidal ideation, OSS in classroom settings. Results revealed that (a) MPA was positively associated with suicidal ideation through depression; (b) OSS moderated the association between depression and suicidal ideation. Specifically, the effect of depression on suicidal ideation was weaker in individuals with high (versus low) OSS. The influence of MPA on suicidal ideation was non-significant among individuals with high OSS but negatively significant among students with low OSS. The results enrich the understanding of how MPA may increase suicidal ideation, and highlight the potential importance of reducing depression and enhancing OSS to prevent suicidal ideation in university students.

scholarly journals Preference for Solitude and Mobile Phone Addiction Among Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of Psychological Distress and Moderating Role of Mindfulness

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan-Yi Chen ◽  
Lei Yan ◽  
Yi-Ren Yuan ◽  
Xiao-Wei Zhu ◽  
Yan-Hong Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Mobile Phone Addiction ◽  
Moderating Role

Background: With the increasing incidence of mobile phone addiction, the potential risk factors of mobile phone addiction have attracted more and more researchers’ attention. Although various personality trait factors have been proven to be significant predictors of mobile phone addiction, limited attention has been paid to preference for solitude. Considering the adverse impacts of preference for solitude in the context of collectivistic societies and its possible negative effect on mobile phone addiction, this study was designed to examine the relationship between preference for solitude and mobile phone addiction, and to test the mediating role of psychological distress and the moderating role of mindfulness in this relationship.Methods: Data were collected through convenience sampling from a comprehensive university in China. A total of 927 Chinese college students (371 males and 556 females), aged from 16 to 24 (Mage = 19.89 years, SD = 1.22), participated in this study. Their preference for solitude, psychological distress, mindfulness, and mobile phone addiction were measured using well-validated self-report questionnaires.Results: Correlational analyses, sobel test, SPSS macro PROCESS (Model 8) and simple slopes analyses were used for major data analysis. Results showed that preference for solitude was significantly and positively associated with mobile phone addiction, and this link could be mediated by psychological distress. Moreover, the indirect effect of psychological distress in this link was moderated by mindfulness, with this effect being stronger for college students with lower levels of mindfulness. However, mindfulness can not moderate the direct relation between preference for solitude and mobile phone addiction.Conclusion: The present study broadened our knowledge of how and when (or for whom) preference for solitude is related to mobile phone addiction. Education professionals and parents should pay special attention to the psychological distress and mobile phone addiction of college students with high levels of preference for solitude, particularly for those with lower levels of mindfulness.

The effects of shyness and loneliness on cell phone dependence in college students

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Yan Chen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Mobile Phone Addiction ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

I explored the relationships among shyness, loneliness, and cell phone dependence (CPD) in college students, with a special focus on the mediating effect of loneliness in the relationship between shyness and CPD. Participants were 593 students recruited from a college in Henan, China, and they completed the Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale, the UCLA Loneliness Scale–Short Form, and the Mobile Phone Addiction Index. The results show that shyness was significantly correlated with both loneliness and CPD, and that loneliness partially mediated the effect of shyness on CPD. These findings shed light on how shyness predicts CPD and have implications for preventing CPD in college students.

The mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and god image among Turkish Muslims

2021 ◽  
pp. 008467242110472
Author(s):  
Ferdi Kıraç
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Maltreatment ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
God Image ◽  
Image Of God ◽  
Negative Image ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Childhood maltreatment is widespread in predominantly Muslim countries. However, the research investigating the impact of childhood maltreatment on the adult survivors’ religious and spiritual lives has mainly focused on Western Judeo-Christian samples. Considering cross-cultural differences in religious beliefs, in this study, we investigated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and god image, and the mediating role of self-esteem in a sample of Muslim Turkish adults. Eight hundred two participants completed Childhood Trauma Questionnaire–Short Form, God Perception Scale, and Self-Esteem Scale. Findings revealed that all childhood maltreatment subtypes predicted negative image of god and self-esteem mediated some of the negative effects of each maltreatment subtype on god image. The study also found that emotional neglect was the most prominent predictor of negative image of god, followed by emotional abuse. Based on attachment theory, we concluded that the emotional component of childhood maltreatment had more long-lasting adverse consequences in survivors’s relationship with god in Muslim adults.

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