Yue Heng, Gao Shiwen, Feng Fei, Wu Feiteng, Bao Hugejiletu, Zhang Xuemin
School of Journalism and Communication, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
College of Physical Education, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, China.
Front Public Health. 2024 Dec 5;12:1420151. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1420151. eCollection 2024.
Phubbing is defined as a phenomenon in which individuals use their smartphones during conversations with others, focusing on the smartphones and escaping from interpersonal interactions. This phenomenon has been extensively studied in the literature. However, most studies concerning phubbing have focused on understanding its impact on the receivers; few have investigated the consequences of phubbing on the actors themselves. The present study aimed to explore the link between adolescents' phubbing behavior and depression, focusing on the underlying psychological mechanisms.
A total of 441 Chinese high school students participated in this study in September 2023. SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 24.0 were used to analyze the data. A hierarchical linear regression analysis was used to test the effect of phubbing on depression. A serial mediation model was applied to assess the roles of peer relationship quality and psychological need frustration in the link between phubbing and depression.
This study found that among adolescents, (1) phubbing had a significant direct association with depression; (2) phubbing had two significant indirect associations with depression, separately mediated via peer relationship quality and psychological need frustration; (3) the direct effect of phubbing on depression was sequentially mediated through peer relationship quality and psychological need frustration; (4) these results were applicable to both male and female adolescents.
These findings suggested that interventions aimed at improving peer relationships and addressing psychological need frustration might reduce depressive symptoms associated with phubbing in adolescents.
低头族被定义为个体在与他人交谈时使用智能手机，专注于手机而逃避人际互动的一种现象。这一现象在文献中已得到广泛研究。然而，大多数关于低头族的研究都集中在理解其对接收者的影响；很少有研究调查低头族行为对实施者自身的后果。本研究旨在探讨青少年低头族行为与抑郁之间的联系，重点关注潜在的心理机制。
2023年9月，共有441名中国高中生参与了本研究。使用SPSS 25.0和AMOS 24.0进行数据分析。采用分层线性回归分析来检验低头族行为对抑郁的影响。应用序列中介模型来评估同伴关系质量和心理需求受挫在低头族行为与抑郁之间联系中的作用。
本研究发现，在青少年中，（1）低头族行为与抑郁存在显著的直接关联；（2）低头族行为与抑郁有两个显著的间接关联，分别通过同伴关系质量和心理需求受挫进行中介；（3）低头族行为对抑郁的直接效应依次通过同伴关系质量和心理需求受挫进行中介；（4）这些结果适用于青少年男性和女性。
这些发现表明，旨在改善同伴关系和解决心理需求受挫的干预措施可能会减少青少年中与低头族行为相关的抑郁症状。
