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

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...

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Autores principales: Wang, Wenbo, Mehmood, Anam, Li, Ping, Yang, Zhaonan, Niu, Jinbao, Chu, Haiyun, Qiao, Zhengxue, Qiu, Xiaohui, Zhou, Jiawei, Yang, Yanjie, Yang, Xiuxian
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8336678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34366978
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.660234
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author Wang, Wenbo
Mehmood, Anam
Li, Ping
Yang, Zhaonan
Niu, Jinbao
Chu, Haiyun
Qiao, Zhengxue
Qiu, Xiaohui
Zhou, Jiawei
Yang, Yanjie
Yang, Xiuxian
author_facet Wang, Wenbo
Mehmood, Anam
Li, Ping
Yang, Zhaonan
Niu, Jinbao
Chu, Haiyun
Qiao, Zhengxue
Qiu, Xiaohui
Zhou, Jiawei
Yang, Yanjie
Yang, Xiuxian
author_sort Wang, Wenbo
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-83366782021-08-05 Perceived Stress and Smartphone Addiction in Medical College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotions and the Moderating Role of Psychological Capital Wang, Wenbo Mehmood, Anam Li, Ping Yang, Zhaonan Niu, Jinbao Chu, Haiyun Qiao, Zhengxue Qiu, Xiaohui Zhou, Jiawei Yang, Yanjie Yang, Xiuxian Front Psychol Psychology 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. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8336678/ /pubmed/34366978 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.660234 Text en Copyright © 2021 Wang, Mehmood, Li, Yang, Niu, Chu, Qiao, Qiu, Zhou, Yang and Yang. 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 Psychology
Wang, Wenbo
Mehmood, Anam
Li, Ping
Yang, Zhaonan
Niu, Jinbao
Chu, Haiyun
Qiao, Zhengxue
Qiu, Xiaohui
Zhou, Jiawei
Yang, Yanjie
Yang, Xiuxian
Perceived Stress and Smartphone Addiction in Medical College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotions and the Moderating Role of Psychological Capital
title Perceived Stress and Smartphone Addiction in Medical College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotions and the Moderating Role of Psychological Capital
title_full Perceived Stress and Smartphone Addiction in Medical College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotions and the Moderating Role of Psychological Capital
title_fullStr Perceived Stress and Smartphone Addiction in Medical College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotions and the Moderating Role of Psychological Capital
title_full_unstemmed Perceived Stress and Smartphone Addiction in Medical College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotions and the Moderating Role of Psychological Capital
title_short Perceived Stress and Smartphone Addiction in Medical College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotions and the Moderating Role of Psychological Capital
title_sort perceived stress and smartphone addiction in medical college students: the mediating role of negative emotions and the moderating role of psychological capital
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8336678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34366978
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.660234
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