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

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenbo Wang ◽  
Anam Mehmood ◽  
Ping Li ◽  
Zhaonan Yang ◽  
Jinbao Niu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediation Process ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Mediating Role

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.

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

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiuxian Yang ◽  
Anam Mehmood ◽  
Ping Li ◽  
Zhaonan Yang ◽  
Jinbao Niu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediation Process ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Mediating Role

Abstract 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 correlation analysis was used to test correlations between variables. The analysis of moderated mediation model was performed using Hayes’s PROCESS macro. Results: Pearson correlation analysis indicated 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]).Conclusions: Negative emotions plays 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.

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

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.

scholarly journals Trait Mindfulness and College Student Interpersonal Sensitivity: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotions and the Moderating Role of Effectiveness/Authenticity

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoqian Ding ◽  
Tian Zhao ◽  
Xiaoxi Li ◽  
Zirong Yang ◽  
Yi-Yuan Tang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
College Student ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Interpersonal Sensitivity ◽  
Trait Mindfulness ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract Background: College student interpersonal sensitivity has received increased attention in recent years, and trait mindfulness has been found to be a protective factor in interpersonal relationships. However, little is known about the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relation. The aim of this study was to investigate (a) the mediating role of negative emotions in the association between trait mindfulness and interpersonal sensitivity, and (b) the moderating role of the effectiveness/authenticity in the indirect relationship between trait mindfulness and college student interpersonal sensitivity. Methods: This model was examined with 1419 Chinese college students (mean age=18.38 years, SD= 0.86); the participants completed measurements regarding trait mindfulness, negative emotions, the effectiveness/authenticity, and interpersonal sensitivity. Results: The correlation analyses indicated that trait mindfulness was significantly negatively associated with college student interpersonal sensitivity, and the effectiveness/authenticity was significantly negatively associated with college student interpersonal sensitivity. Mediation analyses revealed that negative emotions partially mediated the link between trait mindfulness and interpersonal sensitivity. Moderated mediation further indicated that the relationship between trait mindfulness and negative emotions was more significant for college students with high level of effectiveness/authenticity; the relationship between negative emotions and interpersonal sensitivity was more significant for college students with low level of effectiveness/authenticity.Conclusion: Mindfulness training may help reduce interpersonal sensitivity in college students. When college students have strong effectiveness/authenticity, lower negative emotions may be a protective factor to prevent interpersonal sensitivity.

scholarly journals The mediating role of resilience in the effects of physical exercise on college students’ negative emotions during the COVID-19 epidemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuening Li ◽  
Huasen Yu ◽  
Ning Yang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Home Based

AbstractDue to its suddenness and unpredictability, COVID-19 caused strife and effects on public mental health, resulting in a surge of negative emotions. The study explores the relationship between physical exercise and negative emotions in home-based college students during the COVID-19 epidemic, as well as the mediating role of resilience, thus providing a new basis for understanding the role of physical exercise in improving negative emotions in college students; A total of 1214 college students were investigated with the Physical Exercise Questionnaire, Negative Emotion Scale and Resilience Scale; Both physical exercise and resilience were significantly negatively correlated with negative emotions in college students (r = − 0.25, − 0.33, P < 0.001), and there was a significant positive correlation between physical exercise and resilience (r = 0.47, P < 0.001). Physical exercise had a direct effect on the negative emotions of college students (β = − 0.14, P < 0.001). Resilience had a partial mediating effect between physical exercise and the negative emotions of the college students, with a mediating effect value of 0.14 and a mediating effect contribution rate of 50.00%; The study found that physical exercise not only directly affected the negative emotions of college students but also improved their resilience by slowing down their negative emotions and promoting their mental health.

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