The relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction in the context of Covid-19: The mediating effect of attentional control and executive dysfunction
In the context of Covid-19, the present study examined the relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction and tested the mediation role of attentional control and executive dysfunction. Four hundred and twenty-one Chinese undergraduate students completed anxiety, attentional control, executiv...
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| description | In the context of Covid-19, the present study examined the relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction and tested the mediation role of attentional control and executive dysfunction. Four hundred and twenty-one Chinese undergraduate students completed anxiety, attentional control, executive dysfunction, and smartphone addiction measures. The findings of correlation analysis indicated that anxiety was negatively associated with attentional control, and positively with executive dysfunction and smartphone addiction. The results of structural equation model showed that attentional control and executive dysfunction played a mediation role between anxiety and smartphone addiction in series. Moreover, anxiety did not directly predict smartphone addiction in the final model including attentional control and executive dysfunction as mediators, suggesting that attentional control and executive dysfunction were full mediators in the relation between anxiety and smartphone addiction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ebbe5ef140fa4b1d895244e279a7e1232023-03-02T05:00:45ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-02-0192e13273The relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction in the context of Covid-19: The mediating effect of attentional control and executive dysfunctionJiamin Ge0Ya Liu1Anbang Zhang2Tengyou Shu3School of Educational Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 401331, China; Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 401331, ChinaSchool of Educational Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 401331, China; Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 401331, China; Corresponding author. School of Educational Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 401331, China.School of Educational Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 401331, China; Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 401331, ChinaSchool of Educational Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 401331, China; Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 401331, ChinaIn the context of Covid-19, the present study examined the relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction and tested the mediation role of attentional control and executive dysfunction. Four hundred and twenty-one Chinese undergraduate students completed anxiety, attentional control, executive dysfunction, and smartphone addiction measures. The findings of correlation analysis indicated that anxiety was negatively associated with attentional control, and positively with executive dysfunction and smartphone addiction. The results of structural equation model showed that attentional control and executive dysfunction played a mediation role between anxiety and smartphone addiction in series. Moreover, anxiety did not directly predict smartphone addiction in the final model including attentional control and executive dysfunction as mediators, suggesting that attentional control and executive dysfunction were full mediators in the relation between anxiety and smartphone addiction.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023004802AnxietyExecutive dysfunctionAttentional controlSmartphone addictionCovid-19 |
| spellingShingle | Jiamin Ge Ya Liu Anbang Zhang Tengyou Shu The relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction in the context of Covid-19: The mediating effect of attentional control and executive dysfunction Heliyon Anxiety Executive dysfunction Attentional control Smartphone addiction Covid-19 |
| title | The relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction in the context of Covid-19: The mediating effect of attentional control and executive dysfunction |
| title_full | The relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction in the context of Covid-19: The mediating effect of attentional control and executive dysfunction |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction in the context of Covid-19: The mediating effect of attentional control and executive dysfunction |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction in the context of Covid-19: The mediating effect of attentional control and executive dysfunction |
| title_short | The relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction in the context of Covid-19: The mediating effect of attentional control and executive dysfunction |
| title_sort | relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction in the context of covid 19 the mediating effect of attentional control and executive dysfunction |
| topic | Anxiety Executive dysfunction Attentional control Smartphone addiction Covid-19 |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023004802 |
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