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The role of boredom proneness and self-control in the association between anxiety and smartphone addiction among college students: a multiple mediation model
BACKGROUND: Smartphone addiction has been found to be a widespread public health issue, especially among youth. Previous studies reported a significant association between anxiety and smartphone addiction, but the underlying mechanism in this relationship is unclear. The purpose of this study was to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10409989/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37564421 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1201079 |
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author | Zhang, Li Wang, Baokai Xu, Qi Fu, Chang |
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description | BACKGROUND: Smartphone addiction has been found to be a widespread public health issue, especially among youth. Previous studies reported a significant association between anxiety and smartphone addiction, but the underlying mechanism in this relationship is unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating roles of boredom proneness and self-control in the relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction. METHODS: Self-reported measures of anxiety, boredom proneness, self-control and smartphone addiction were administered to 1,526 Chinese college students. RESULTS: Smartphone addiction scores varied between 10 and 60 with an average of 30.89 ± 10.57 points. Anxiety had a direct and positive effect on smartphone addiction (effect = 0.18, 95% CI = 0.11–0.25), and an indirect effect on smartphone addiction through boredom proneness (effect = 0.10, 95% CI = 0.06–0.15) and self-control (effect = 0.16, 95% CI = 0.13–0.20). Boredom proneness and self-control sequentially mediated the relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction (effect = 0.12, 95% CI = 0.10–0.15). CONCLUSION: Anxiety is positively associated with smartphone addiction, and boredom proneness and self-control are important mediators in this relationship. Strengthening self-control and mitigating boredom could prevent smartphone addiction in anxious college students. |
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spelling | pubmed-104099892023-08-10 The role of boredom proneness and self-control in the association between anxiety and smartphone addiction among college students: a multiple mediation model Zhang, Li Wang, Baokai Xu, Qi Fu, Chang Front Public Health Public Health BACKGROUND: Smartphone addiction has been found to be a widespread public health issue, especially among youth. Previous studies reported a significant association between anxiety and smartphone addiction, but the underlying mechanism in this relationship is unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating roles of boredom proneness and self-control in the relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction. METHODS: Self-reported measures of anxiety, boredom proneness, self-control and smartphone addiction were administered to 1,526 Chinese college students. RESULTS: Smartphone addiction scores varied between 10 and 60 with an average of 30.89 ± 10.57 points. Anxiety had a direct and positive effect on smartphone addiction (effect = 0.18, 95% CI = 0.11–0.25), and an indirect effect on smartphone addiction through boredom proneness (effect = 0.10, 95% CI = 0.06–0.15) and self-control (effect = 0.16, 95% CI = 0.13–0.20). Boredom proneness and self-control sequentially mediated the relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction (effect = 0.12, 95% CI = 0.10–0.15). CONCLUSION: Anxiety is positively associated with smartphone addiction, and boredom proneness and self-control are important mediators in this relationship. Strengthening self-control and mitigating boredom could prevent smartphone addiction in anxious college students. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10409989/ /pubmed/37564421 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1201079 Text en Copyright © 2023 Zhang, Wang, Xu and Fu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Zhang, Li Wang, Baokai Xu, Qi Fu, Chang The role of boredom proneness and self-control in the association between anxiety and smartphone addiction among college students: a multiple mediation model |
title | The role of boredom proneness and self-control in the association between anxiety and smartphone addiction among college students: a multiple mediation model |
title_full | The role of boredom proneness and self-control in the association between anxiety and smartphone addiction among college students: a multiple mediation model |
title_fullStr | The role of boredom proneness and self-control in the association between anxiety and smartphone addiction among college students: a multiple mediation model |
title_full_unstemmed | The role of boredom proneness and self-control in the association between anxiety and smartphone addiction among college students: a multiple mediation model |
title_short | The role of boredom proneness and self-control in the association between anxiety and smartphone addiction among college students: a multiple mediation model |
title_sort | role of boredom proneness and self-control in the association between anxiety and smartphone addiction among college students: a multiple mediation model |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10409989/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37564421 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1201079 |
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