Sang Ziyang, Chen Hui-Fang, Yeung Jerf W K, Xu Leilei
Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2024 Jul 3;17:2573-2585. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S463399. eCollection 2024.
This study investigated the mechanism underlying the association between intolerance of uncertainty and mobile phone addiction among Chinese overseas students during the COVID-19 pandemic by examining the mediating roles of perceived stress and rumination.
An online questionnaire survey was distributed via social media platforms popular in mainland China. The items collected demographic information and assessed intolerance of uncertainty, perceived stress, rumination, and mobile phone addiction. A total of 249 respondents completed the questionnaire.
The findings suggest a considerably high risk of mobile phone addiction in the study period among overseas Chinese students, as three-fourths of the participants may have been susceptible to mobile phone addiction according to the suggested cut-off point of the Chinese version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Form. Intolerance of uncertainty showed a significant positive direct effect on mobile phone addiction. The mediation analyses suggest that intolerance of uncertainty affected mobile phone addiction mainly through three pathways: the mediating effect of perceived stress, the mediating effect of rumination, and the chain mediating effect of perceived stress and rumination.
This study enhances understanding of mobile phone addiction among Chinese overseas students and suggests the mediating roles of rumination and perceived stress in the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and mobile phone addiction. The study also provides suggestions for interventions among Chinese students overseas.
本研究通过考察感知压力和沉思的中介作用，探讨新冠疫情期间中国留学生不确定性不耐受与手机成瘾之间关联的潜在机制。
通过中国大陆流行的社交媒体平台开展在线问卷调查。问卷项目收集人口统计学信息，并评估不确定性不耐受、感知压力、沉思和手机成瘾情况。共有249名受访者完成了问卷。
研究结果表明，在研究期间，海外中国留学生存在相当高的手机成瘾风险，根据中文版智能手机成瘾量表简版的建议临界值，四分之三的参与者可能易患手机成瘾。不确定性不耐受对手机成瘾有显著的正向直接效应。中介分析表明，不确定性不耐受主要通过三条途径影响手机成瘾：感知压力的中介效应、沉思的中介效应以及感知压力和沉思的链式中介效应。
本研究增进了对中国留学生手机成瘾的理解，并表明沉思和感知压力在不确定性不耐受与手机成瘾关系中的中介作用。该研究还为海外中国学生的干预措施提供了建议。
