Relationship between problematic smartphone use and sleep problems: The roles of sleep-related compensatory health beliefs and bedtime procrastination.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Concerns regarding sleep problems in emerging adults and their antecedents, such as problematic smartphone use (PSU), have been growing. This study tested the association between PSU and sleep problems and further investigated the mechanisms of this relationship based on the theory of compensatory health beliefs (CHBs).

Methods

This study included 999 participants (74.87% female) in China, aged 17 to 25 years (M = 21.16; standard deviation = 1.60), who voluntarily filled in an anonymous survey.

Results

The findings showed positive correlations between sleep problems and PSU, sleep-related CHBs, and bedtime procrastination (rs = .25-.52, p < .001). Furthermore, the positive link between PSU and sleep problems was mediated by bedtime procr

SUBMITTER: An Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11406640 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature