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

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 betwee...

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Published inFrontiers in psychology Vol. 11; p. 614660
Main Authors Yang, Xiaofan, Wang, Pengcheng, Hu, Ping
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 01.12.2020
Subjects
college students
gender
mobile phone addiction
Psychology
stress
trait procrastination
stress
trait procrastination
gender
mobile phone addiction
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Summary: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.
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Edited by: Luca Romeo, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy
Reviewed by: Lucia Monacis, University of Foggia, Italy; Maria Sinatra, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
This article was submitted to Human-Media Interaction, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.614660