Effectiveness of brief mindfulness intervention for college students' problematic smartphone use: The mediating role of self-control.

ABSTRACT: Mainland China has the most smartphone users worldwide, especially among college students, while mindfulness intervention can significantly alleviate the level of problematic smartphone use. We examined the effects of a brief mindfulness intervention on problematic smartphone use and investigated if this effect is mediated by self-control. Participants were recruited randomly from a university in Beijing of China. Forty-four college students were assigned to a mindfulness group or a control group. The mindfulness group took part in a brief (30 min) single-session mindfulness intervention. The control group was instructed to listen to a neutral news audio recording for the same duration (30 min). The Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory, Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency Scale, and Self-control Sca

SUBMITTER: Liu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9778502 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature