The relationship between negative life events and problematic mobile phone use: Evidence from a daily diary study

IF 2.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-07-10 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2025.113358

Mingxi Zhang , Youling Bai , Wenshuang Xu , Yu Wu , Xu Wang , Yanling Liu

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Abstract

Problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) is widely recognized as a global issue, with detrimental effects on both physical and psychological health. Prior research has identified a relationship between negative life events (NLEs) and PMPU at the between-person level; however, the relationship at the within-person level remains unclear. To address this issue, the present study aims to construct a multilevel moderated mediation model. Daily data were collected from 137 Chinese college students (53.3 % male, M_age = 20.75, SD = 1.34) using a daily diary approach over 14 consecutive days. The results showed a significant positive association between daily NLEs and daily PMPU, and this association was mediated by daily ego depletion (ED). Furthermore, self-control (SC) played a moderated role in this mediating effect. Specifically, SC could weaken the impact of daily NLEs on daily ED. This study provides new insight into our understanding of the daily relationship between NLEs and PMPU at the within-person level. Moreover, it helps to develop targeted daily interventions to mitigate college students' PMPU. Both reducing daily NLEs and strengthening SC may decrease daily ED, thereby reducing daily PMPU.

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消极生活事件与不良手机使用之间的关系：来自每日日记研究的证据

手机使用问题（PMPU）被广泛认为是一个全球性问题，对身体和心理健康都有有害影响。先前的研究已经在人际层面上确定了消极生活事件（NLEs）与PMPU之间的关系；然而，在个人层面上的关系仍不清楚。为了解决这一问题，本研究旨在构建一个多层次的有调节的中介模型。采用每日日记法连续14天收集137名中国大学生（53.3%为男性，Mage = 20.75, SD = 1.34）的日常数据。结果表明，每日NLEs与每日PMPU之间存在显著的正相关关系，这种关系是由每日自我损耗（ED）介导的。自我控制在这一中介效应中起调节作用。具体而言，SC可以削弱日常NLEs对日常ED的影响。本研究为我们在个人层面上理解NLEs与PMPU之间的日常关系提供了新的见解。此外，它有助于制定有针对性的日常干预措施来缓解大学生的PMPU。减少每日NLEs和加强SC均可降低每日ED，从而降低每日PMPU。

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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8.50

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4.70%

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577

审稿时长

41 days

期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.