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Attachment anxiety, loneliness, rumination and mobile phone dependence: A cross-sectional analysis of a moderated mediation model
- Source :
- Current Psychology. 40:5134-5144
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019.
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Abstract
- Mobile phone dependence has become a worldwide problem due to its high occurrence rate, fast growth rate, and serious undesirable consequences. Previous studies have found that attachment anxiety is a key antecedent of mobile phone dependence. However, little is known about the underlying psychological mechanisms. The present study tested the mediating role of loneliness and the moderating role of rumination in the link between attachment anxiety and mobile phone dependence. A sample of 908 Chinese university students aged 17 to 27 years old was recruited from four universities in Central China. They completed the Chinese version of Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory, Mobile Phone Addiction Index, UCLA Loneliness Scale, and Ruminative Response Scale. After controlling for gender and age, loneliness mediated the association between attachment anxiety and mobile phone dependence. Both the direct association between attachment anxiety and mobile phone dependence and the indirect association through loneliness were moderated by rumination. These two associations were stronger for individuals with high rumination than for those with low rumination. Limitations and implications are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Cross-sectional study
05 social sciences
050109 social psychology
Loneliness
Attachment anxiety
050105 experimental psychology
UCLA Loneliness Scale
Moderated mediation
Mobile phone
Rumination
medicine
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
medicine.symptom
Psychology
Association (psychology)
General Psychology
Clinical psychology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 19364733 and 10461310
- Volume :
- 40
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current Psychology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d707057d5beed9be747ab89fde15ac77