The Association Between Intolerance of Uncertainty and Mobile Phone Addiction Among Overseas Chinese Students During COVID-19: The Mediating Roles of Perceived Stress and Rumination
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Purpose: This study investigated the mechanism underlying the association between intolerance of uncertainty and mobile phone addiction among Chinese overseas students during the COVID-19 pandemic by examining the mediating roles of perceived stress and rumination. Patients and Methods: An online questionnaire survey was distributed via social media platforms popular in mainland China. The items collected demographic information and assessed intolerance of uncertainty, perceived stress, rumination, and mobile phone addiction. A total of 249 respondents completed the questionnaire. Results: The findings suggest a considerably high risk of mobile phone addiction in the study period among overseas Chinese students, as three-fourths of the participants may have been susceptible to mobile phone addiction according to the suggested cut-off point of the Chinese version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Form. Intolerance of uncertainty showed a significant positive direct effect on mobile phone addiction. The mediation analyses suggest that intolerance of uncertainty affected mobile phone addiction mainly through three pathways: the mediating effect of perceived stress, the mediating effect of rumination, and the chain mediating effect of perceived stress and rumination. Conclusion: This study enhances understanding of mobile phone addiction among Chinese overseas students and suggests the mediating roles of rumination and perceived stress in the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and mobile phone addiction. The study also provides suggestions for interventions among Chinese students overseas.
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A direct effect of IU on problematic social media use and mobile addiction was found.
“A direct effect of IU on problematic social media use [98] and mobile addiction [99]”
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The Discussion reports a positive association between intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and mobile phone addiction among overseas Chinese students during COVID-19. But it explicitly says the direct effect was not significant after perceived stress and rumination were included in the model. Citation [99] is attached to the mobile-addiction claim, not the separate social-media-use claim. (LLM, conf=0.91)
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- Sang, Z., Chen, H.-F., Yeung, J., & Xu, L.
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- City University of Hong Kong (HK)
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- Sang, Ziyang
- Chen, Hui-Fang
- Yeung, Jerf
- Xu, Leilei
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- Psychology Research and Behavior Management
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- Informa UK Limited
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- 2024-07
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- Volume 17
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- 2573-2585
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Keywords
- intolerance of uncertainty, mobile phone addiction, smartphone addiction, perceived stress, rumination, Chinese overseas students, COVID-19 pandemic, mediation, Chinese international students
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