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The Relationship Between College Students' Mobile Phone Addiction and Aggression: A Moderated Mediation Model

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  • Jie Wu

    (Tianjin Normal University
    Tianjin Normal University
    Tianjin Social Science Laboratory of Students’ Mental Development and Learning)

  • Zhenliang Yang

    (Tianjin Normal University)

  • Mengxuan Wu

    (The University of Texas at Austin)

  • Hui Huang

    (University of Texas at Arlington)

Abstract

As mobile phones play an important role in people’s daily life in China, the problem of mobile phone addiction has become more prevalent among people, especially among young people in China. This study examined the relationship between College Students' mobile phone addiction and aggression, the mediating effect of alexithymia, and the moderating effect of connectedness to nature and sex. A sample of 621 college students completed mobile addiction index scale, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Connectedness to Nature Scale and aggression scale. The results showed that: (1) the level of individual mobile phone addiction is positively associated with the level of aggression; (2) Alexithymia mediates the effect of mobile phone addiction on aggression; (3) Sex and connectedness to nature moderate the relationship between alexithymia and aggression. The findings identified factors related college students' aggressive behavior, which has implications for strategies to prevent aggressive behavior among college students.

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  • Jie Wu & Zhenliang Yang & Mengxuan Wu & Hui Huang, 2023. "The Relationship Between College Students' Mobile Phone Addiction and Aggression: A Moderated Mediation Model," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 18(2), pages 1037-1055, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ariqol:v:18:y:2023:i:2:d:10.1007_s11482-022-10126-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s11482-022-10126-z
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