Chen Xin, Peng Sifan, Guan Hexu, Sun Huanran, Wu Hongxuan, Yao Xumei, Chen Zi, Yang Xi
School of Psychology, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Front Psychol. 2025 Jun 19;16:1558733. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1558733. eCollection 2025.
The I-PACE model was employed as the theoretical framework to investigate the effect of emotional intelligence on problematic mobile social media use. Furthermore, this study explored whether peer relationships and experiential avoidance serve as mediating factors in this relationship.
A total of 1,448 students from nine public universities across Chengdu, Beijing, Shanghai, and Kunming were recruited between May 1, 2021, and October 28, 2021, through convenience sampling. The survey instruments included the Emotional Intelligence Scale, the Peer Relationship Scale, the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire Second Edition, and the Problematic Mobile Social Media Use Assessment Questionnaire.
(1) Emotional intelligence exhibited a negative correlation with both experiential avoidance and problematic mobile social media use, while it demonstrated a positive correlation with peer relationships; (2) Peer relationships were negatively correlated with both experiential avoidance and problematic mobile social media use, while experiential avoidance was positively correlated with problematic mobile social media use; (3) Peer relationships and experiential avoidance acted as mediators in this relationship, forming a sequential mediation chain and collectively influencing how emotional intelligence affects problematic mobile social media use.
This study investigates the relationship between emotional intelligence and the severity of problematic mobile social media use among Asian participants. Peer relationships and experiential avoidance independently mediate and sequentially mediate the relationship between emotional intelligence and problematic mobile social media use. Emotional intelligence positively influences peer relationships, which subsequently negatively affects experiential avoidance, ultimately reducing problematic mobile social media use. Both peer relationships and experiential avoidance are shaped by emotional intelligence and further contribute to an individual's problematic mobile social media use.
采用I-PACE模型作为理论框架，研究情商对移动社交媒体使用问题的影响。此外，本研究还探讨了同伴关系和经验回避是否在这种关系中起中介作用。
2021年5月1日至2021年10月28日，通过便利抽样，招募了来自成都、北京、上海和昆明九所公立大学的1448名学生。调查工具包括情商量表、同伴关系量表、接受与行动问卷第二版以及移动社交媒体使用问题评估问卷。
（1）情商与经验回避和移动社交媒体使用问题均呈负相关，而与同伴关系呈正相关；（2）同伴关系与经验回避和移动社交媒体使用问题均呈负相关，而经验回避与移动社交媒体使用问题呈正相关；（3）同伴关系和经验回避在这种关系中起中介作用，形成一个顺序中介链，并共同影响情商如何影响移动社交媒体使用问题。
本研究调查了亚洲参与者中情商与移动社交媒体使用问题严重程度之间的关系。同伴关系和经验回避分别独立中介并顺序中介情商与移动社交媒体使用问题之间的关系。情商对同伴关系有积极影响，同伴关系随后对经验回避有消极影响，最终减少移动社交媒体使用问题。同伴关系和经验回避均受情商影响，并进一步导致个体出现移动社交媒体使用问题。
