Li Ting, Xie Jiaqiong, Shan Yanjie, Chen Ke
Faculty of Social Sciences, Chongqing University, Shapingba, Chongqing, China.
BMC Psychol. 2025 Jan 24;13(1):67. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-02356-1.
This study aims to explore the temporal dynamics of the relationships between problematic social media use(PSMU), self-transcendence values, and school adaptation among college students.Methods This study employed longitudinal cross-lagged analysis and structural equation modeling to investigate whether there is a mutual influence among PSMU, self-transcendence values, and school adaptation. Additionally, the study explored whether these variables serve as intermediaries in the associations between the other two variables.Results Two thousand six hundred sixty-eight students were longitudinally followed up for two-wave.The results indicated PSMU predicted self-transcendence values and school adaptation 6 months later; self-transcendence values predicted PSMU and school adaptation 6 months later; and school adaptation predicted self-transcendence values and PSMU 6 months later. Moreover, each of them plays a mediating role in the association between the other two variables.Conclusions These results support and expand the Self-worth Theory and Self-determination Theory that there is a bidirectional relationship between PSMU, self-transcendence values, and school adaptation. This result has implications for helping college students adapt to college life and reduce PSMU.
本研究旨在探讨大学生问题性社交媒体使用（PSMU）、自我超越价值观与学校适应之间关系的时间动态变化。方法 本研究采用纵向交叉滞后分析和结构方程模型，以调查PSMU、自我超越价值观和学校适应之间是否存在相互影响。此外，本研究还探讨了这些变量是否在其他两个变量之间的关联中充当中介变量。结果 对2668名学生进行了为期两波的纵向随访。结果表明，PSMU能预测6个月后的自我超越价值观和学校适应；自我超越价值观能预测6个月后的PSMU和学校适应；学校适应能预测6个月后的自我超越价值观和PSMU。此外，它们中的每一个在其他两个变量之间的关联中都起到中介作用。结论 这些结果支持并扩展了自我价值理论和自我决定理论，即PSMU、自我超越价值观和学校适应之间存在双向关系。这一结果对于帮助大学生适应大学生活和减少PSMU具有启示意义。
