Psychological Development and Education ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (2): 257-265.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2021.02.13

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The Relationship between College Students' Smartphone Addiction and Inhibitory Control: The Moderating Roles of Phone Position and Cognitive Load

LIU Qinxue1,2, ZHANG Juyuan1,2, LIN Yue1,2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior(CCNU), Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Human Development and Mental Health of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430079;
    2. School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, National Experimental Teaching Demonstrating Center of Psychology, Wuhan 430079
  • Published:2021-03-23

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Abstract: The present study examined the moderating roles of phone position and cognitive load on the relationship between smartphone addiction and inhibitory control ability among college students. A total of 66 college students participated in this study and they were asked to finish the dual task design of Flanker effect task and working memory task. The results showed that, on the low cognitive load condition, the inhibitory control ability of people whose smartphones were in their bags/pockets (out of sight) was significantly worse than those whose smartphones were sitting in front of them (in sight). On the high cognitive load condition, there was a significant interaction between smartphone addiction and phone position: When the smartphone was in sight, the inhibitory control ability of smartphone addicts was significantly worse than non-addicts; when the phone was out of sight, the difference of the inhibitory control ability of smartphone addicts and non-addicts was not significant. These findings indicated that the effect of smartphone addicts' inhibitory control ability among the college students was moderated by both phone position and cognitive load.

Key words: college student, smartphone addiction, phone position, cognitive load, inhibitory control

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