ArticleBMC psychology2025
Mobile phone addiction and interpersonal problems among Chinese young adults: the mediating roles of social anxiety and loneliness.
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Abstract
Mobile phone addiction leads to difficulties that arise in relationships with others; however, the psychological mechanisms that underpin this relationship are not well understood. The present study examined a multiple mediation model with both social anxiety and loneliness as mediators in the relationship between mobile phone addiction and interpersonal problems among young adults. A sample of 758 Chinese college students reported items on the survey, including demographics, the Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, Interaction Anxiousness Scale, and Interpersonal Comprehensive Diagnostic Scale. Results showed that mobile phone addiction was positively associated with interpersonal problems. Loneliness and social anxiety served as both independent and sequential mediators in this relationship. Moreover, these two types of mental states play equally important mediating roles. These results suggested that young adults with mobile phone addiction tended to have more interpersonal problems, not only due to their higher loneliness but also their higher social anxiety. In other words, both loneliness and social anxiety were factors that increase the risk of interpersonal problems.
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