How do Interpersonal Relationships Relieve Adolescents' Problematic Mobile Phone Use? The Roles of Loneliness and Motivation to Use Mobile Phones
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The current study aimed to explore the underlying mechanisms of how interpersonal relationships relieve adolescents’ problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) and to examine the potential mediating roles of loneliness and motivation to use mobile phones. Four thousand five hundred and nine middle school students from four provinces in China were recruited to participate in the investigation. The results showed that the parent–child relationship but not the teacher–student relationship, had a direct and negative effect on PMPU. The parent–child relationship had indirect effects on PMPU through the mediators of loneliness, escape motivation and relationship motivation; the teacher–student relationship had indirect effects on PMPU only through the mediating factors of loneliness and escape motivation. Both parent–child and teacher–student relationships indirectly affected PMPU through a two-step path from loneliness to escape motivation. These findings highlight the more salient role of the parent–child relationship than that of the teacher–student relationship in directly alleviating PMPU and indicate that satisfying interpersonal relationships can buffer adolescents’ PMPU by lowering their loneliness and motivation to use mobile phones.
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A survey of 4509 middle school students in China found that loneliness and smartphone overuse were positively correlated.
“a survey of 4509 middle school students in China revealed that loneliness and smartphone overuse were positively correlated (Zhen, Liu, Hong, & Zhou, 2019).”
From Loneliness and problematic mobile phone use among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: The roles of escape motivation and self-control (2021) · cites this paper as Zhen, Liu, Hong, & Zhou, 2019
Loneliness caused by unsatisfying interpersonal relationships could activate adolescent escape motivation.
“loneliness, caused by unsatisfying interpersonal relationships, could activate adolescent escape motivation (Zhen et al., 2019).”
From Loneliness and problematic mobile phone use among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: The roles of escape motivation and self-control (2021) · cites this paper as Zhen et al., 2019
Loneliness is an important factor influencing how much escape motivation people experience.
“Some studies have demonstrated that loneliness is an important factor affecting the level of escape motivation that people experience (Kim, 2017, Zhen et al., 2019).”
From Loneliness and problematic mobile phone use among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: The roles of escape motivation and self-control (2021) · cites this paper as Zhen et al., 2019
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- Authors
- Zhen, R., Liu, R.-D., Hong, W., & Zhou, X.
- Affiliations
- Hangzhou Normal University (CN)
- Beijing Normal University (CN)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Liu, Ru-De
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2019-06-28
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 2286
- ISSN
- 1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6650804
- OpenAlex
- W2955690681
- Cited by
- 82
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3
- FWCI
- 15.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- dx.doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Social Science Fund of China (17BSH102)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Keywords
- problematic mobile phone use, adolescents, interpersonal relationships, loneliness, escape motivation, relationship motivation, parent-child relationship, teacher-student relationship, mobile phone use
- MeSH terms
- Cell Phone Use, Adolescent, China, Female, Health Status, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Loneliness, Male, Motivation, Parent-Child Relations, Students, Cell Phone
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