ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025
The relationship between mobile phone addiction and physical activity behavior among university students: the mediating role of bedtime procrastination.
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- A meta-analytic reliability generalization study of the Bedtime Procrastination Scale.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Associations of autonomous motivation and physical activity with mobile phone addiction and bedtime procrastination: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The longitudinal impact of adverse childhood experiences on college students' intrinsic motivation for physical exercise: the chain mediating effect of meaning in life and psychological resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Research on the influence of physical activity on procrastination behavior of medical postgraduates.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Smartphone usage in young adults: cross-sectional associations with physical activity, sleep, social isolation, academic achievement, and anxiety.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
Purpose: To explore the relationship between mobile phone addiction and physical exercise behavior among college students, and to analyze the mediating effect of bedtime delay between the two, to provide a basis for the development of good behavioral habits among college students. Methods: The Mobile Phone Addiction Scale, the Physical Activity Behavior Self-Assessment Scale, and the Bedtime Procrastination Scale were administered to 356 college students (49.4% male) in Sichuan Province. Structural equation modeling was then conducted to test the mediating effects. Results: (1) There is no gender difference in mobile phone addiction, bedtime procrastination, and physical activity behavior among college students (all Conclusion: (1) There is a close relationship between mobile phone addiction, bedtime procrastination, and physical activity behavior among college students; (2) Mobile phone addiction significantly impacts the physical activity behavior of college students. Additionally, it indirectly influences their physical activity behavior through procrastination at bedtime.
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