Abstract
Recent studies have indicated that trait procrastination as a personality factor could lead to mobile phone addiction, however little is known about the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this process. The current study investigated the mediating role of stress in the relationship between trait procrastination and mobile phone addiction, and whether the mediating effect was moderated by gender. A sample including 1,004 Chinese college students completed measurements of trait procrastination, stress, mobile phone addiction, and demographic information. The results showed that trait procrastination was positively related to college students’ mobile phone addiction. Mediation analyses revealed that this relationship was partially mediated by stress. Moderated mediation further indicated that the path between trait procrastination and stress was stronger for male students compared with female students. These findings broadened our knowledge of the underlying mechanisms between trait procrastination and mobile phone addiction, the implications and limitations of this study were discussed.
Highlights
IntroductionMobile phones have already become a necessity in our daily life
In modern society, mobile phones have already become a necessity in our daily life
Results showed that stress played a mediating role between trait procrastination and mobile phone addiction, and this mediating effect was moderated by the gender of college students
Summary
Mobile phones have already become a necessity in our daily life. Especially as an important terminal of mobile internet, mobile phones can fulfill various demands including entertainment, life services, and access to information. Mobile phones have greatly improved the convenience of people’s social life, mobile phone addiction is becoming a serious social problem that plagues a significant proportion of the population. Mobile phone addiction refers to the difficulties in daily life and loss of self-control due to the overuse of mobile phones (Cho et al, 2017). It is important for researchers to identify the potential risk factors that contribute to mobile phone addiction
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