Mobile Phone Addiction and Sleep Quality: The Mediating Role of Anxiety and the Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Method
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Common Method Bias Test
3.2. Descriptive Statistics and Correlation Analysis of Each Variable
3.3. The Mediating Effect of Anxiety
3.4. Moderating Effect Test
4. Discussion
4.1. The Mediating Role of Anxiety
4.2. The Moderating Role of Cognitive Reappraisal
4.3. The Moderating Role of Expressive Suppression
4.4. Implications and Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Gender | 0.59 | 0.49 | 1 | |||||
2. Age | 19.11 | 1.22 | −0.10 *** | 1 | ||||
3. MPA | 53.41 | 17.03 | 0.01 | 0.10 *** | 1 | |||
4. Anxiety | 41.55 | 9.62 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.41 *** | 1 | ||
5. CR | 28.63 | 6.18 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.08 ** | −0.37 *** | 1 | |
6. ES | 15.61 | 3.97 | −0.01 | 0.01 | 0.24 *** | 0.18 *** | 0.09 *** | 1 |
7. Sleep quality | 8.04 | 2.76 | 0.02 | 0.06 * | 0.37 *** | 0.46 *** | −0.13 *** | 0.16 *** |
Dependent Variables | Independent Variables | R2 | F | β | t |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sleep quality | Gender | 0.14 | 83.20 *** | 0.12 | 0.87 |
Age | 0.06 | 1.19 | |||
MPA | 0.06 | 15.54 *** | |||
Anxiety | Gender | 0.17 | 105.75 *** | 0.25 | 0.56 |
Age | −0.03 | −0.16 | |||
MPA | 0.23 | 17.73 *** | |||
Sleep quality | Gender | 0.25 | 131.58 *** | 0.09 | 0.72 |
Age | 0.07 | 1.34 | |||
MPA | 0.03 | 8.89 *** | |||
Anxiety | 0.11 | 15.45 *** |
Effect | Value | 95% CI | |
---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | ||
Indirect effect (MPA → Anxiety → Sleep quality) | 0.025 | 0.021 | 0.030 |
Direct effect (MPA → Sleep quality) | 0.035 | 0.027 | 0.043 |
Total effect | 0.060 | 0.052 | 0.067 |
Dependent Variables | Independent Variables | R2 | F | β | t |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sleep quality | Gender | 0.25 | 131.58 *** | 0.09 | 0.72 |
Age | 0.07 | 1.34 | |||
MPA | 0.03 | 8.88 *** | |||
Anxiety | 0.11 | 15.45 *** | |||
Anxiety | Gender | 0.29 | 125.16 *** | 0.13 | 0.30 |
Age | −0.05 | −0.31 | |||
MPA | 0.22 | 17.69 *** | |||
CR | −0.55 | −16.02 *** | |||
MPA × CR | −0.01 | −3.03 ** | |||
Sleep quality | Gender | 0.25 | 131.58 *** | 0.09 | 0.72 |
Age | 0.07 | 1.34 | |||
MPA | 0.03 | 8.88 *** | |||
Anxiety | 0.11 | 15.45 *** | |||
Anxiety | Gender | 0.18 | 69.32 *** | 0.32 | 0.71 |
Age | −0.03 | −0.16 | |||
MPA | 0.22 | 16.35 *** | |||
ES | 0.23 | 4.01 *** | |||
MPA × ES | 0.01 | 3.27 ** |
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Gong, L.; Liu, Q. Mobile Phone Addiction and Sleep Quality: The Mediating Role of Anxiety and the Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation. Behav. Sci. 2023, 13, 250. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13030250
Gong L, Liu Q. Mobile Phone Addiction and Sleep Quality: The Mediating Role of Anxiety and the Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation. Behavioral Sciences. 2023; 13(3):250. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13030250
Chicago/Turabian StyleGong, Li, and Qiang Liu. 2023. "Mobile Phone Addiction and Sleep Quality: The Mediating Role of Anxiety and the Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation" Behavioral Sciences 13, no. 3: 250. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13030250