The Relationship between Self-compassion and Smartphone Addiction Tendency with the Mediating Effect of Loneliness and the Moderated Mediating Effect of Social Self-efficacy in College Students

This study aims to explore effective ways to improve college students’ entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intentions through entrepreneurship education. The survey used a random sample of 804 college students in Zhejiang Province, China. The results show that: (1) In terms of the characteristics of entrepreneurial intention, there are significant differences in gender, entrepreneurial experience, entrepreneurial competition experience, and family background of self-employment. (2) There are significant differences in the characteristics of entrepreneurship education in gender, entrepreneurial competition experience, and the family background of self-employment. (3) In the relationship among entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurship education is significantly and positively related to entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy is significantly and positively associated with entrepreneurial intention. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy plays a complete mediating role between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy also has a suppressing effect on the relationship between the two. (4) Entrepreneurial competition experience moderates the second half of the mediating effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Finally, the study offers several proposals for the teaching practice of entrepreneurship education.

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“Want to Learn” and “Can Learn”: Influence of Academic Passion on College Students' Academic Engagement

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.697822 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Hui Zhao ◽

Xiaoxian Liu ◽

Chunhui Qi

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Academic Engagement ◽

Henan Province ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Developmental Feedback ◽

The Relationship ◽

Academic Self Efficacy ◽

Positive Effect

Although research exists on the relationship between passion and engagement among employees, the mechanisms of academic passion on academic engagement among students needs to be elucidated. Guided by the broaden-and-build and situated cognition theories, we explored the positive effect of academic passion on academic engagement, the mediating effect of academic self-efficacy, and the role of teacher developmental feedback as a moderator in the relationship between academic passion and academic engagement. Based on a sample of 1,029 college students from universities in the Henan Province of China, the results showed that academic passion was positively related to academic engagement, academic self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between academic passion and academic engagement, and teacher developmental feedback effectively moderated the relationship between academic passion and academic engagement. These findings explained the mechanism underlying the relationship between academic passion and academic engagement. Moreover, the findings highlighted important factors that promote college students' academic engagement.

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Mindfulness and cell phone dependence: The mediating role of social adaptation

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.9363 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 49 (10) ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Weiling Wang ◽

Yuyan Qian ◽

Yuping Wang ◽

Yuhong Zhang

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Cell Phone ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Social Adaptation ◽

Smartphone Addiction ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Social ◽

The Relationship ◽

Predictive Effect

We explored the mediating role of social adaptation in the relationship between mindfulness and cell phone dependence among college students. Data were obtained from 937 college students, who completed the Smartphone Addiction Inventory, the Adolescent Mindfulness Measure, and the Social Adaptation Questionnaire. The results suggest that mindfulness and social adaptation were significantly and negatively correlated with cell phone dependence, and that the mindfulness level of college students had a significant direct predictive effect on their cell phone dependence. We also found a significant mediating effect of social adaptation in the relationship between mindfulness and cell phone dependence. These findings are of significance to the prevention of and intervention in young people's cell phone dependence.

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