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Sedentary Behavior and Problematic Smartphone Use in Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Self-Control

This study investigated smartphone use characteristics including the purpose of smartphone use (i.e., leisure, learning, or work) and situational smartphone use (i.e., sitting, standing, or moving about) in Chinese adolescents. Moreover, it tested the moderating role of self-control in the link betw...

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Autores principales: Xiang, Ming-Qiang, Lin, Long, Wang, Zi-Rong, Li, Jin, Xu, Zebo, Hu, Min
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6985778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32038398
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03032
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author Xiang, Ming-Qiang
Lin, Long
Wang, Zi-Rong
Li, Jin
Xu, Zebo
Hu, Min
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Lin, Long
Wang, Zi-Rong
Li, Jin
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description This study investigated smartphone use characteristics including the purpose of smartphone use (i.e., leisure, learning, or work) and situational smartphone use (i.e., sitting, standing, or moving about) in Chinese adolescents. Moreover, it tested the moderating role of self-control in the link between sedentary behavior and problematic smartphone use. A total of 947 adolescents completed measures of the purpose of their smartphone use, situational smartphone use, sedentary behavior, self-control, time on smartphone, and smartphone addiction. Results showed that the majority of smartphone use was for leisure and learning, and 90.9% of adolescents reported typically sitting as they used the smartphone. Problematic smartphone use was positively correlated with sedentary behavior and negatively correlated with self-control. Moreover, the relationship between sedentary behavior and problematic smartphone use was moderated by self-control, in that the negative correlation was stronger for adolescents with low self-control and weaker for those with high self-control. These results contribute to the understanding of when sedentary behavior is associated with problematic smartphone use. Several limitations and implications are discussed in this study.
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spelling pubmed-69857782020-02-07 Sedentary Behavior and Problematic Smartphone Use in Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Self-Control Xiang, Ming-Qiang Lin, Long Wang, Zi-Rong Li, Jin Xu, Zebo Hu, Min Front Psychol Psychology This study investigated smartphone use characteristics including the purpose of smartphone use (i.e., leisure, learning, or work) and situational smartphone use (i.e., sitting, standing, or moving about) in Chinese adolescents. Moreover, it tested the moderating role of self-control in the link between sedentary behavior and problematic smartphone use. A total of 947 adolescents completed measures of the purpose of their smartphone use, situational smartphone use, sedentary behavior, self-control, time on smartphone, and smartphone addiction. Results showed that the majority of smartphone use was for leisure and learning, and 90.9% of adolescents reported typically sitting as they used the smartphone. Problematic smartphone use was positively correlated with sedentary behavior and negatively correlated with self-control. Moreover, the relationship between sedentary behavior and problematic smartphone use was moderated by self-control, in that the negative correlation was stronger for adolescents with low self-control and weaker for those with high self-control. These results contribute to the understanding of when sedentary behavior is associated with problematic smartphone use. Several limitations and implications are discussed in this study. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6985778/ /pubmed/32038398 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03032 Text en Copyright © 2020 Xiang, Lin, Wang, Li, Xu and Hu. http://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.
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Xiang, Ming-Qiang
Lin, Long
Wang, Zi-Rong
Li, Jin
Xu, Zebo
Hu, Min
Sedentary Behavior and Problematic Smartphone Use in Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Self-Control
title Sedentary Behavior and Problematic Smartphone Use in Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Self-Control
title_full Sedentary Behavior and Problematic Smartphone Use in Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Self-Control
title_fullStr Sedentary Behavior and Problematic Smartphone Use in Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Self-Control
title_full_unstemmed Sedentary Behavior and Problematic Smartphone Use in Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Self-Control
title_short Sedentary Behavior and Problematic Smartphone Use in Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Self-Control
title_sort sedentary behavior and problematic smartphone use in chinese adolescents: the moderating role of self-control
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6985778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32038398
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03032
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