Psychological Development and Education ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 538-545.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2022.04.10

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Peer Attachment and Junior High School Students’ Mobile Phone Addiction:Analysis of a Moderated Mediation Model

YANG Chen1, LIAN Shuailei2, CHEN Chunyu1, SUN Xiaojun1, ZHOU Zongkui1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Adolescent CyberPsychology and Behavior, Ministry of Education, School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079;
    2. College of Education and Sports Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023
  • Published:2022-07-13

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Abstract: In order to give an interpretation for the relationship and complex mechanisms between peer attachment and mobile phone addiction, the present study conducted a moderated mediation model to examine the effects of peer attachment, negative affect and the ability to be alone on mobile phone addiction and the underlying mechanism. A total of 729 junior high school students participated in this study. Junior high school students' peer attachment was measured with Inventory of Peer Attachment. The 21-item version of Depression Anxiety Stress Scale was used to assess negative affect. The ability to be alone was assessed with the Ability to Be Alone Scale. Junior high school students' mobile phone addiction was measured by the Mobile Phone Addiction Index. All the measures have good reliability and validity. The results showed that:(1) Peer attachment has a negative direct effect on junior high school students' mobile phone addiction; (2) The negative association between peer attachment and junior high school students' mobile phone addiction was mediated by negative affect; (3) The mediating effect of negative affect was moderated by the ability to be alone. Specifically, the indirect effect was stronger for junior high school students with the higher ability to be alone than for those with the lower ability to be alone.

Key words: peer attachment, mobile phone addiction, negative affect, the ability to be alone

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  • B844
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