Perceived Social Support, Depressive Symptoms, Self-Compassion, and Mobile Phone Addiction: A Moderated Mediation Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Perceived Social Support and Mobile Phone Addiction
1.2. The Mediating Role of Depressive Symptoms
1.3. The Moderating Role of Self-Compassion
1.4. The Present Study
2. Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedure
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Perceived Social Support Scale
2.2.2. Mobile Phone Addiction Index (MPAI)
2.2.3. Depression–Anxiety–Stress Scale
2.2.4. Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form
2.3. Data Processing
3. Results
3.1. Common Method Bias Test
3.2. Descriptive Analysis
3.3. Perceived Social Support and Mobile Phone Addiction: A Moderated Mediation Model Test
4. Discussion
4.1. Perceived Social Support and Mobile Phone Addiction
4.2. The Mediating Role of Depressive Symptom
4.3. The Moderating Role of Self-Compassion
4.4. Theoretical Implications
4.5. Implications for Prevention and Intervention
4.6. Limitations and Future Direction
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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M ± SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
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1. Perceived social support | 3.55 ± 0.81 | 1 | |||
2. Mobile phone addiction | 2.80 ± 0.73 | −0.18 *** | 1 | ||
3. Depressive symptoms | 1.82 ± 0.68 | −0.48 *** | 0.43 *** | 1 | |
4. Self-compassion | 3.12 ± 0.43 | 0.39 *** | −0.29 *** | −0.46 *** | 1 |
Regression Equation (N = 874) | Fit Metrics | Coefficient Significance | ||||
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Outcome Variable | Predictor Variable | R | R2 | F | β | t |
Depressive symptoms | 0.49 | 0.24 | 69.22 *** | |||
Perceived social support | −0.46 | −15.44 *** | ||||
Mobile phone addiction | 0.56 | 0.31 | 77.40 *** | |||
Depressive symptoms | 0.45 | 12.72 *** | ||||
Perceived social support | 0.03 | 0.90 |
Predictors | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(MPA) | (Dep) | (MPA) | ||||
β | t | β | t | β | t | |
PSS | −0.07 | −2.05 * | −0.34 | −11.28 *** | 0.08 | 2.19 * |
S-C | −0.22 | −6.06 *** | −0.36 | −11.38 *** | −0.07 | −1.92 |
PSS × S-C | −0.09 | −3.06 * | 0.08 | 3.25 ** | −0.09 | −2.69 ** |
Dep | 0.44 | 11.47 *** | ||||
Dep × S-C | 0.05 | 1.58 | ||||
R | 0.31 | 0.58 | 0.47 | |||
R2 | 0.10 | 0.34 | 0.22 | |||
F | 23.20 *** | 110.35 *** | 40.06 *** |
Predictors | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(MPA) | (Dep) | (MPA) | ||||
β | t | β | t | β | t | |
PSS | −0.18 | −5.28 *** | −0.46 | −15.44 *** | 0.03 | 0.90 |
Dep | 0.45 | 12.72 *** | ||||
R | 0.18 | 0.49 | 0.56 | |||
R2 | 0.03 | 0.24 | 0.31 | |||
F | 14.28 *** | 69.22 *** | 77.40 *** |
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Yang, X.; Ma, H.; Zhang, L.; Xue, J.; Hu, P. Perceived Social Support, Depressive Symptoms, Self-Compassion, and Mobile Phone Addiction: A Moderated Mediation Analysis. Behav. Sci. 2023, 13, 769. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13090769
Yang X, Ma H, Zhang L, Xue J, Hu P. Perceived Social Support, Depressive Symptoms, Self-Compassion, and Mobile Phone Addiction: A Moderated Mediation Analysis. Behavioral Sciences. 2023; 13(9):769. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13090769
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Xiaofan, Hang Ma, Ling Zhang, Jinyang Xue, and Ping Hu. 2023. "Perceived Social Support, Depressive Symptoms, Self-Compassion, and Mobile Phone Addiction: A Moderated Mediation Analysis" Behavioral Sciences 13, no. 9: 769. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13090769
APA StyleYang, X., Ma, H., Zhang, L., Xue, J., & Hu, P. (2023). Perceived Social Support, Depressive Symptoms, Self-Compassion, and Mobile Phone Addiction: A Moderated Mediation Analysis. Behavioral Sciences, 13(9), 769. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13090769