Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Childhood neglect influences smartphone addiction among college students: The mediating role of self-esteem. |
| Authors: |
Chen, Fang1 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Social Behavior & Personality: an international journal. Feb2025, Vol. 53 Issue 2, p1-7. 7p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*STRUCTURAL equation modeling, *SMARTPHONES, *COLLEGE students, *ADDICTIONS, *STATISTICAL correlation, *SELF-esteem |
| Abstract: |
This study assessed the relationships among childhood neglect, self-esteem, and smartphone addiction in a cohort of 531 college students. Employing structural equation modeling alongside the bootstrapping technique, I discovered that childhood neglect influenced smartphone addiction both directly and indirectly, with self-esteem acting as a mediator of this relationship. The analysis demonstrated correlations between every facet of childhood neglect and both self-esteem and smartphone addiction. Furthermore, I identified a significant association between self-esteem and smartphone addiction. The results indicated that self-esteem served as a partial mediator in the nexus between childhood neglect and smartphone addiction, accounting for 56.34% of the overall effect. Implications of the findings are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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