The Influence of Alexithymia on College Students’ Mobile Addiction Tendency: The Role of Loneliness and Mindfulness

Abstract

Abstract: In order to investigate the influence mechanism of alexithymia on college students’ mobile addiction tendency, a total of 1224 college students were investigated by using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale and Mindful Attention Awareness Scale. The results were as follows: 1) College students’ alexithymia, mobile addiction tendency and loneliness had significant correlations with each other. 2) Loneliness played a partial mediating role in the relationship between alexithymia and mobile addiction tendency. 3) Mindfulness significantly moderated the influence of loneliness on college students’ mobile phone addiction tendency. Mindfulness and loneliness formed a moderated mediating model between alexithymia and college students’ mobile phone addiction tendency.

Key words: alexithymia, mobile phone addiction tendency, loneliness, mindfulness, college student

摘要： 为考察述情障碍对大学生手机成瘾倾向的影响机制，以1224名大学生为被试，采用多伦多述情障碍量表、大学生手机成瘾倾向量表、孤独感量表和正念注意觉知量表进行测量。结果显示：（1）大学生述情障碍、手机成瘾倾向及孤独感彼此具有显著的相关性；（2）孤独感在述情障碍和手机成瘾倾向之间起到部分中介作用；（3）正念可以显著调节孤独感对大学生手机成瘾倾向的影响，正念和孤独感在述情障碍与大学生手机成瘾倾向之间形成了有调节的中介模型。

关键词: 述情障碍, 手机成瘾倾向, 孤独感, 正念, 大学生

CLC Number:

B849

HUANG Mingming, ZHAO Shouying. The Influence of Alexithymia on College Students’ Mobile Addiction Tendency: The Role of Loneliness and Mindfulness[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2020, 18(5): 686-692.

黄明明, 赵守盈. 述情障碍对大学生手机成瘾倾向的影响：孤独感与正念的作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2020, 18(5): 686-692.

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