Zhao Jun, Ye Baojuan, Yu Li
Center of Mental Health Education and Research, School of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, 330022, People's Republic of China.
Mental Health Education and Counseling Center, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, 330063, People's Republic of China.
Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2021 Oct 18;14:1725-1736. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S335407. eCollection 2021.
COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the physical behavior and mental health of people. Long-term and strict isolation policies are widely used to ensure social distancing, which may cause excessive smartphone use and increase the risk of smartphone addiction. Previous researchers have identified that some factors that affect smartphone addiction, but there was little research conducted during COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aims to examine the effect of peer phubbing on smartphone addiction, how boredom proneness may mediate this effect, and lastly how refusal self-efficacy may moderate the indirect and direct pathways during COVID-19 pandemic.
A total of 1396 college students (mean age=20.48, SD=1.08) were surveyed and completed four scales (Peer Phubbing Scale, Refusal Self-efficacy Scale, Smartphone Addiction Index Scale, Boredom Proneness Scale). The statistical analyses were conducted by SPSS 22.0 and SPSS PROCESS macro.
This study found that peer phubbing was positively associated with smartphone addiction. Boredom proneness mediated the effect of peer phubbing and smartphone addiction. Furthermore, refusal self-efficacy moderated the relationship between peer phubbing and smartphone addiction as well as boredom proneness and smartphone addiction. Specifically, peer phubbing had a greater impact on smartphone addiction for college students with higher levels of refusal self-efficacy, and the boredom proneness on smartphone addiction was stronger for college students with low levels of refusal self-efficacy.
This study is important in investigating how peer phubbing is related to the smartphone addiction of Chinese college students during COVID-19 pandemic. The results suggest that college students' boredom proneness and refusal self-efficacy may be prime targets for prevention and intervention programs. Thus, this study explored "how" and "when" peer phubbing may enhance college students' smartphone addiction during COVID-19 pandemic.
新冠疫情对人们的身体行为和心理健康产生了巨大影响。长期严格的隔离政策被广泛用于确保社交距离，这可能导致智能手机使用过度，并增加智能手机成瘾的风险。先前的研究已经确定了一些影响智能手机成瘾的因素，但在新冠疫情期间进行的相关研究较少。本研究旨在探讨同伴冷落对智能手机成瘾的影响、无聊倾向如何介导这种影响，以及最后拒绝自我效能如何在新冠疫情期间调节间接和直接路径。
共对1396名大学生（平均年龄=20.48，标准差=1.08）进行了调查，并完成了四个量表（同伴冷落量表、拒绝自我效能量表、智能手机成瘾指数量表、无聊倾向量表）。统计分析采用SPSS 22.0和SPSS PROCESS宏程序进行。
本研究发现同伴冷落与智能手机成瘾呈正相关。无聊倾向介导了同伴冷落与智能手机成瘾之间的关系。此外，拒绝自我效能调节了同伴冷落与智能手机成瘾以及无聊倾向与智能手机成瘾之间的关系。具体而言，同伴冷落对拒绝自我效能水平较高的大学生的智能手机成瘾影响更大，而拒绝自我效能水平较低的大学生中，无聊倾向对智能手机成瘾的影响更强。
本研究对于调查新冠疫情期间同伴冷落如何与中国大学生的智能手机成瘾相关具有重要意义。结果表明，大学生的无聊倾向和拒绝自我效能可能是预防和干预项目的主要目标。因此，本研究探讨了在新冠疫情期间同伴冷落“如何”以及“何时”可能增强大学生的智能手机成瘾。
