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FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1137220
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self-esteem; mobile phone addiction; social avoidance; peer relationship; chain mediation; chain mediating effects
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Mobile phone addiction has a negative impact on the physical and mental health of college students, which has attracted extensive attention from scholars. This study investigated the mechanism of the influence of self-esteem on mobile phone addiction among 694 college students. The results showed that self-esteem significantly and negatively predicted mobile phone addiction, and self-esteem influenced mobile phone addiction through the mediating effect of social avoidance and peer relationships.
IntroductionMobile phone addiction has a negative impact on the physical and mental health of college students, which has attracted extensive attention from scholars. MethodsIn this study, we investigated the mechanism of the influence of self-esteem on mobile phone addiction among 694 college students using the Self-Esteem Scale, the Mobile Phone. Addiction Scale, the Peer Relationship Scale and the Social Avoidance and Distress Scale. ResultsThe results showed that (1) self-esteem significantly and negatively predicted mobile phone addiction; (2) self-esteem influenced mobile phone addiction through the mediating effect of social avoidance; (3) self-esteem influenced mobile phone addiction through the mediating effect of peer relationships; and (4) social avoidance and peer relationships played a chain mediating role in the influence of self-esteem on mobile phone addiction. DiscussionThese findings can help researchers and educators better understand the underlying mechanisms of the relationship between self-esteem and mobile phone addiction and to provide practical and effective operational suggestions for the prevention and intervention of mobile phone addiction among college students.
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