Trait Procrastination and Mobile Phone Addiction Among Chinese College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model of Stress and Gender

Frontiers in Psychology

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Xiaofan Yang¹  Pengcheng Wang¹  Ping Hu¹ 

[1] Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China

关键词: college students;    gender;    stress;    mobile phone addiction;    trait procrastination;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.614660

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Recent studies have indicated that trait procrastination as a personality factor could lead to mobile phone addiction, however little is known about the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this process. The current study investigated the mediating role of stress in the relationship between trait procrastination and mobile phone addiction, and whether the mediating effect was moderated by gender. A sample including 1,004 Chinese college students completed measurements of trait procrastination, stress, mobile phone addiction, and demographic information. The results showed that trait procrastination was positively related to college students’ mobile phone addiction. Mediation analyses revealed that this relationship was partially mediated by stress. Moderated mediation further indicated that the path between trait procrastination and stress was stronger for male students compared with female students. These findings broadened our knowledge of the underlying mechanisms between trait procrastination and mobile phone addiction, the implications and limitations of this study were discussed.

【 授权许可】

CC BY