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The Relationship Between the Use of Mobile Social Media and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Effect of Boredom Proneness

OBJECTIVE: This study took users of short-form mobile videos as research participants to explore the role of their boredom proneness in mediating the relationship between the use of mobile social media (UMSM) and subjective well-being (SWB). METHODS: A sample of 656 users was evaluated by the Proble...

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Autores principales: Bai, Jie, Mo, Kunyu, Peng, Yue, Hao, Wenxuan, Qu, Yuanshan, Lei, Xiuya, Yang, Yang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7874194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33584406
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.568492
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author Bai, Jie
Mo, Kunyu
Peng, Yue
Hao, Wenxuan
Qu, Yuanshan
Lei, Xiuya
Yang, Yang
author_facet Bai, Jie
Mo, Kunyu
Peng, Yue
Hao, Wenxuan
Qu, Yuanshan
Lei, Xiuya
Yang, Yang
author_sort Bai, Jie
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description OBJECTIVE: This study took users of short-form mobile videos as research participants to explore the role of their boredom proneness in mediating the relationship between the use of mobile social media (UMSM) and subjective well-being (SWB). METHODS: A sample of 656 users was evaluated by the Problematic Mobile Social Media Usage Assessment Questionnaire, General Well-Being Schedule, and Boredom Proneness Scale. RESULTS: Firstly, significant interactions were found between monthly living expenses and the UMSM of the participants, which were recognized as factors affecting SWB. Secondly, the level of living expenses had little effect on the high-level and low-level groups of the UMSM but imposed a significant impact on the medium-level group. Thirdly, the UMSM showed an influence that could positively predict boredom; both the UMSM and boredom demonstrated a negative predictive effect on SWB. CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that the inappropriate use of mobile social media negatively affects users’ subjective well-being; boredom partially mediated the relationship between the use of mobile social media and SWB.
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spelling pubmed-78741942021-02-11 The Relationship Between the Use of Mobile Social Media and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Effect of Boredom Proneness Bai, Jie Mo, Kunyu Peng, Yue Hao, Wenxuan Qu, Yuanshan Lei, Xiuya Yang, Yang Front Psychol Psychology OBJECTIVE: This study took users of short-form mobile videos as research participants to explore the role of their boredom proneness in mediating the relationship between the use of mobile social media (UMSM) and subjective well-being (SWB). METHODS: A sample of 656 users was evaluated by the Problematic Mobile Social Media Usage Assessment Questionnaire, General Well-Being Schedule, and Boredom Proneness Scale. RESULTS: Firstly, significant interactions were found between monthly living expenses and the UMSM of the participants, which were recognized as factors affecting SWB. Secondly, the level of living expenses had little effect on the high-level and low-level groups of the UMSM but imposed a significant impact on the medium-level group. Thirdly, the UMSM showed an influence that could positively predict boredom; both the UMSM and boredom demonstrated a negative predictive effect on SWB. CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that the inappropriate use of mobile social media negatively affects users’ subjective well-being; boredom partially mediated the relationship between the use of mobile social media and SWB. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7874194/ /pubmed/33584406 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.568492 Text en Copyright © 2021 Bai, Mo, Peng, Hao, Qu, Lei and Yang. 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.
spellingShingle Psychology
Bai, Jie
Mo, Kunyu
Peng, Yue
Hao, Wenxuan
Qu, Yuanshan
Lei, Xiuya
Yang, Yang
The Relationship Between the Use of Mobile Social Media and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Effect of Boredom Proneness
title The Relationship Between the Use of Mobile Social Media and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Effect of Boredom Proneness
title_full The Relationship Between the Use of Mobile Social Media and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Effect of Boredom Proneness
title_fullStr The Relationship Between the Use of Mobile Social Media and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Effect of Boredom Proneness
title_full_unstemmed The Relationship Between the Use of Mobile Social Media and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Effect of Boredom Proneness
title_short The Relationship Between the Use of Mobile Social Media and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Effect of Boredom Proneness
title_sort relationship between the use of mobile social media and subjective well-being: the mediating effect of boredom proneness
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7874194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33584406
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.568492
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