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ArticleInquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing

Linking Smart-Phone Addiction to Self-Concept Clarity Among Chinese College Students: The Chain Mediation Roles of Social Anxiety and Social Withdrawal.

Xu Wang, Jinpeng Niu

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Xu WangShandong Institute of Petroleum and Chemical Technology, Dongying, China.
Jinpeng NiuSouthwest University, Chongqing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1804-3565

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Abstract

In digital era, the self-concept clarity of college students is increasingly alarming in Chinese educational system. In view of this, the current study investigated the structural associations between smart-phone addiction, social anxiety, social withdrawal, and self-concept clarity among Chinese college students. A chain mediation model was employed in statistical analysis, and the participants were 891 college students selected from 2 universities in Shandong, China. The findings demonstrated that smart-phone addiction can not only directly and negatively influence self-concept clarity, but also indirectly and negatively affect self-concept clarity through the single mediation of social withdrawal as well as the chain mediation of social anxiety and social withdrawal. Besides, although the direct associations between smart-phone addiction and social anxiety and between social anxiety and self-concept clarity were significant, the indirect effect of smart-phone addiction on self-concept clarity via social anxiety was insignificant. Smart-phone addiction may lead to social anxiety and social withdrawal, whereby impairing the self-concept clarity of Chinese college students.

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AnxietyBehavior, AddictiveSelf ConceptSmartphoneStudentsAdolescentAdultChinaFemaleHumansMaleSurveys and QuestionnairesUniversitiesYoung Adultchain mediation modelself-concept claritysmart-phone addictionsocial anxietysocial withdrawal

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PMCPMC12775341

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