Psychological Development and Education ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 595-604.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2018.05.10

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Mobile Phone Addiction and College Students' Procrastination: Analysis of a Moderated Mediation Model

LIAN Shuailei1,2, LIU Qingqi1,2, SUN Xiaojun1,2, ZHOU Zongkui1,2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Adolescent CyberPsychology and Behavior, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430079;
    2. School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079
  • Online:2018-09-15 Published:2018-10-25

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Abstract: In order to give an interpretation for the relationship and complex mechanisms between mobile phone addiction and procrastination, the present study conducted a moderated mediation model to examine the effects of mobile phone addiction, attention control and effortful control on procrastination and the underlying mechanism. A total of 1212 college students participated in this study. College students' mobile phone addiction was measured by the Mobile phone addiction index questionnaire. The short form of Attention Control Scale was used to assess attention control. Effortful control was assessed with Effortful Control Scale. College students' procrastination was assessed with Procrastination Scale. All the measures have good reliability and validity. The results showed that:(1) After controlling for age, grade, the mobile phone addiction has a positive direct effect on college students' procrastination. (2) The positive association between mobile phone addiction and college students' procrastination was mediated by attention control. (3) The mediating effect of attention control was moderated by effortful control. The indirect effect was stronger for college students with lower effortful control than for those with higher effortful control.

Key words: procrastination, mobile phone addiction, attention control, effortful control

CLC Number: 

  • B844
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