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The relationship between physical exercise and mobile phone addiction among Chinese college students: Testing mediation and moderation effects.
Zeng, Miaolin; Chen, Siyu; Zhou, Xiangyi; Zhang, Jincheng; Chen, Xin; Sun, Jingquan.
  • Zeng M; Institute of Sports Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Chen S; Institute of Sports Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Zhou X; Institute of Sports Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Zhang J; Institute of Sports Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Chen X; Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
  • Sun J; Institute of Sports Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Front Psychol ; 13: 1000109, 2022.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2080260
ABSTRACT

Background:

During the COVID-19 pandemic, suspensions of activities and long periods of self-isolation led to a sharp increase in excessive use of mobile phones, which sparked public concern about mobile phone addiction (MPA). In recent years, more and more attention has been paid to physical exercise as a protective effect of MPA. However, more studies are needed to reveal this relationship and the exact mechanisms, based on which this study tested the mediating and moderating roles of self-control, rumination, psychological distress, and loneliness between physical exercise and MPA.

Methods:

In this cross-sectional study, primary data was collected by questionnaire from 1,843 college students (19.75 ± 1.3) from five universities in Sichuan Province in Mainland China. Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency Scale (MPATS), Physical Activity Rating Scale-3 (PARS-3), Self-Control Scale (SCS), Ruminative Response Scale (RRS), Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), and UCLA Loneliness Scale (UCLA-20) were investigated. The mediating models were examined using SPSS PROCESS macro 3.3 software, in which the mediation variables were self-control, rumination, and psychological distress, and the moderation was loneliness. Gender, major, and grade were included as control variables.

Result:

Self-control, rumination, and psychological distress played a simple mediating role between physical exercise and MPA. Moreover, not only self-control and rumination but also self-control and psychological distress played the chain mediating roles between physical exercise and MPA. The chain pathways were moderated by loneliness. Specifically, the effect was more substantial among college students with higher loneliness.

Conclusion:

The conclusions corroborate and clarify that self-control, rumination, and psychological distress mediated the association between physical exercise and MPA, and the mediation effects were moderated via loneliness. This present study advanced our understanding of how and when college students' physical exercise was related to MPA. It also illustrates that educators and parents should pay more attention to college students' physical exercise.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Journal: Front Psychol Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Fpsyg.2022.1000109

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Journal: Front Psychol Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Fpsyg.2022.1000109