Abstract
A growing body of research has pinpointed the consequences as well as mechanisms of phubbing. However, few studies have explored the relationship between peer phubbing and social networking site addiction. Based on the self-determination theory, the exclusion theory of anxiety, the social compensation model, and the reserve capacity model, the present study examined whether peer phubbing was positively related to social networking site addiction among undergraduates, whether social anxiety mediated the relationship, and whether this mediating process was moderated by family financial difficulty. Our theoretical model was tested using the data collected from 1,401 Chinese undergraduates (Mage = 18.83 years, standard deviation = 0.93). The participants completed anonymous questionnaires that assessed their peer phubbing, social anxiety, social networking site addiction, and family financial difficulty. The correlation analysis indicated that peer phubbing was positively associated with social networking site addiction. The testing for moderated mediation further revealed that social anxiety partially mediated the association between peer phubbing and social networking site addiction, with family financial difficulty moderating the first stage. To be specific, the indirect association between peer phubbing and social networking site addiction via social anxiety was stronger for undergraduates in high family financial difficulty. The results from this study extend research on the potential consequences of phubbing as well as highlight the significance of uncovering the underlying mechanisms.
Highlights
Due to its constantly enhancing functions, ownership and use of a mobile phone have skyrocketed in recently years
In the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), the results showed that the structural validity of the scale was acceptable, with standardized root mean square residual (SRMR) = 0.06, comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.91, and Tucker–Lewis index (TLI) = 0.89
Based on the self-determination theory (Deci and Ryan, 2000), the exclusion theory of anxiety (Baumeister and Tice, 1990), the social compensation model (Kraut et al, 2002), and the reserve capacity model (Gallo and Matthews, 2003), a moderated mediation model was formulated to examine whether peer phubbing would be indirectly related to social networking site addiction via increased social anxiety and whether this indirect association was moderated by family financial difficulty
Summary
Due to its constantly enhancing functions, ownership and use of a mobile phone have skyrocketed in recently years. Peer Phubbing and SNS Addiction among them This term, a portmanteau of “phone” and “snubbing,” describes the act of ignoring other people in the context of social contact by paying attention to his/her phone instead of focusing on the person directly in his/her company (Vanden Abeele et al, 2019; Bai et al, 2020; Ivanova et al, 2020). It is deemed as a kind of social exclusion and interpersonal neglect (Xie et al, 2019), which often disturbs the ongoing interpersonal communication (Hong et al, 2019; Liu et al, 2019). Boss phubbing reduces supervisory trust, engagement, psychological meaningfulness, psychological availability, job satisfaction, and performance of the employee (Roberts and David, 2017, 2020)
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