The association between future self-continuity and problematic mobile video gaming among Chinese college students: the serial mediation of consideration of future consequences and state self-control capacity

BMC Psychology

Research Article

Jiansong Zheng¹  Tao Zhang¹  Junxian Shen² 

[1] Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao, People’s Republic of China;Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao, People’s Republic of China;Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China;

关键词: Problematic mobile video gaming;    Future self-continuity;    Consideration of future consequences;    State self-control capacity;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40359-023-01256-6

 received in 2022-08-08, accepted in 2023-07-20,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundTo explore the relationship between future self-continuity and problematic mobile video gaming among Chinese college students and to examine the serial mediation of consideration of future consequences and state self-control capacity on the association between future self-continuity and problematic mobile video gaming, based on Identity-Based Motivation Theory.MethodsThe Problematic Mobile Video Gaming Scale, Future Self-continuity Scale, Consideration of Future Consequences Scale, and Short Version of State Self-control Capacity Scale were administered to a sample comprising 800 college students (338 males accounting for 42.3%). Multivariate analysis and latent variables analysis were utilized to explore the separate mediating role consideration of future consequences and state self-control capacity played in the association between future self-continuity and problematic mobile video gaming, and their serial mediation also was investigated. The Bootstrap method was employed to test the significance of these mediation effects.ResultsThe negative association between future self-continuity and problematic mobile video gaming was moderately found. Students with increased consideration of future consequences from higher levels of future self-continuity have decreased their problematic mobile video gaming. Future self-continuity significantly positively predicted state self-control capacity, which in turn significantly negatively predicted problematic mobile video gaming. The serial mediation was also found.ConclusionThe findings revealed why differences in identification with the current and future selves become influencing factors in problematic mobile video gaming. This study observed the mediating role that consideration of future consequences and state self-control capacity play in the association between future self-continuity and problematic mobile video gaming.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2023

【 图 表 】

13570_2023_282_Article_IEq2.gif

Fig. 5