How and when is academic stress associated with mobile phone addiction? The roles of psychological distress, peer alienation and rumination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile phone addiction has a high detection rate among adolescents and is thought to be related to academic stress. However, the underlying mechanisms in this relation were still unclear. The present study tested the mediating role of psychological distress and the moderating roles of peer alienation and rumination in the relationship between academic stress and mobile phone addiction.

Methods

A total of 742 middle school students were recruited to complete measures of academic stress, psychological distress, mobile phone addiction, peer alienation, rumination, and demographic variables. Regression-based statistical mediation and moderation were conducted using the PROCESS macro for SPSS.

Results

The results indicated that academic stress was significantly

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10861088 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature