Tung Serene En Hui, Gan Wan Ying, Poon Wai Chuen, Lee Ling Jun, Ruckwongpatr Kamolthip, Kukreti Shikha, Griffiths Mark D, Pakpour Amir H, Lin Chung-Ying
Division of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science, IMU University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Psychol Health Med. 2025 Aug;30(7):1409-1425. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2025.2478516. Epub 2025 Apr 28.
As smartphones and social media become more common, the psychological impact on university students has garnered increasing research attention. The present study examined nomophobia as the mediator in the relatioship between problematic social media use (PSMU)/ problematic smartphone use (PSU), and psychological distress among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 622 Malaysian university students recruited through online survey, socio-demographic information, Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS), Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS), Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMPQ) and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) were completed. To analyze mediation effects, partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used. PSMU, PSU and psychological distress were found to be positively related to nomophobia. Nomophobia was a significant mediator between PSMU/PSU and psychological distress. Findings appear to highlight the importance of nomophobia in increasing psychological distress among young adults. Future research could examine these relationships longitudinally to better understand the relationship for effective interventions for the improvement of psychological well-being of young adults navigating the challenges of modern technology.
随着智能手机和社交媒体越来越普及，其对大学生的心理影响已获得越来越多的研究关注。本研究考察了无手机恐惧症在新冠疫情期间大学生问题性社交媒体使用/问题性智能手机使用与心理困扰之间的关系中所起的中介作用。在通过在线调查招募的622名马来西亚大学生中，他们完成了社会人口学信息、卑尔根社交媒体成瘾量表（BSMAS）、基于智能手机应用的成瘾量表（SABAS）、无手机恐惧症问卷（NMPQ）以及抑郁、焦虑和压力量表-21（DASS-21）。为了分析中介效应，使用了偏最小二乘结构方程模型（PLS-SEM）。研究发现，问题性社交媒体使用、问题性智能手机使用和心理困扰与无手机恐惧症呈正相关。无手机恐惧症是问题性社交媒体使用/问题性智能手机使用与心理困扰之间的一个重要中介。研究结果似乎凸显了无手机恐惧症在增加年轻人心理困扰方面的重要性。未来的研究可以纵向考察这些关系，以便更好地理解这种关系，从而为应对现代技术挑战的年轻人改善心理健康制定有效的干预措施。
