The Relationship Between Personality and Mobile Phone Dependence in College Students: Stress Perception as a Mediator and Gender as a Moderator

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2022.03.020

Abstract

Abstract: This study aimed to explore the mediating role of stress perception between college students’ personality and mobile phone addiction as well as the moderating effect of gender on stress perception and mobile phone addiction. A total of 1478 college students were tested by using the Chinese Big Five Personality Inventory, Self-Rating Questionnaire for Adolescent Problematic Mobile Phone Use and Stress Scale for College Students. The results showed that neuroticism and openness positively but agreeableness negatively predicted college students’ stress perception and mobile phone addiction. Importantly, stress perception had a mediating effect on neuroticism, agreeableness, and openness influencing mobile phone addiction. Furthermore, gender moderated the mediation between neuroticism and mobile phone addiction through the latter pathway from stress perception to mobile phone addiction. These results indicate that reducing stress perception can decrease the mobile phone addiction of neurotic college students, which is more significant for male college students.

Key words: personality traits, mobile phone dependence, stress perception, gender, college students

摘要： 为探讨压力感知在大学生人格与手机依赖关系中的中介作用以及性别在压力感知和手机依赖之间的调节作用，本研究采用青少年有问题手机使用自评问卷、中国大五人格问卷简版和大学生压力量表对1478名大学生施测。结果发现，神经质、开放性正向预测大学生的压力感知和手机依赖；宜人性负向预测压力感知和手机依赖；压力感知在神经质、宜人性、开放性影响手机依赖间起中介效应；性别调节神经质−压力感知−手机依赖这一中介效应的后半段路径。结果表明，降低压力感知水平可减少神经质大学生的手机依赖，且这一影响对男生更显著。

关键词: 人格, 手机依赖, 压力感知, 性别, 大学生

CLC Number:

B849

YIN Jing, LI Chuanying, MA Shichao, XU Yujiao, LI Yongsheng. The Relationship Between Personality and Mobile Phone Dependence in College Students: Stress Perception as a Mediator and Gender as a Moderator[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2022, 20(3): 426-432.

尹静, 李传英, 马世超, 徐瑜姣, 李永升. 大学生人格与手机依赖的关系：压力感知的中介与性别的调节作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2022, 20(3): 426-432.

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