The Relationship Between Personality and Nomophobia: A Mediating Role of Solitude Behavior

Abstract

Abstract: This study intended to test the association between big five personality and nomophobia and to test the mediating role of solitude behavior in the association. A total of 678 undergraduates (48% were male and 52% were female) participated in the current survey. The result showed that: 1) nomophobia were positively associated with neuroticism, openness and solitude behavior; 2) solitude behavior played a mediating role between neuroticism and nomophobia, and also played a mediating role between openness and nomophobia. Specifically, the positive solitude, seclusiveness, social avoidance and loneliness dimension of solitude behavior significantly mediated the relationship between neuroticism and nomophobia, respectively. Also, positive solitude significantly mediated the relationship between openness and nomophobia.

Key words: nomophobia, personality, solitude behavior

摘要： 研究选取678名大学生被试，探究了人格、无手机恐惧与独处行为之间的关系。结果表明：（1）神经质和开放性正向预测无手机恐惧，独处行为也正向预测无手机恐惧；（2）独处行为在神经质和开放性维度与无手机恐惧的关系中起中介作用。具体来说，独处行为中的孤僻、社交回避和孤独维度在神经质与无手机恐惧的关系中起中介作用；而积极独处在开放性与无手机恐惧的关系中起中介作用。

关键词: 无手机恐惧, 人格特质, 独处行为

CLC Number:

B846

LIU Tuo, GULI Geina, YANG Ying, REN Shixiu, CHAO Miao. The Relationship Between Personality and Nomophobia: A Mediating Role of Solitude Behavior[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2020, 18(2): 268-274.

刘拓, 古丽给娜, 杨莹, 任世秀, 钞淼. 人格与无手机恐惧的关系：独处行为的中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2020, 18(2): 268-274.

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