The Effect of College Students’ Boredom Proneness on Phubbing: The Chain-Mediating Effects of Fear of Missing Out and Online Vigilance

Purpose. Phubbing not only affects the impression formation and communication quality of both sides of communication but also damages the quality of peer relationships among college students, reduces the happiness of interpersonal objects, and has a negative impact on the physical and mental develop...

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Published in:Perspectives in psychiatric care 2023-02, Vol.2023 (1)
Main Authors: Lv, Shuai, Wang, Hui
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Analysis
Behavior
College students
Communication
Computer & video games
Hypotheses
Internet
Peers
Psychiatric-mental health nursing
Questionnaires
Smartphones
Social networks
Surveys
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Summary:Purpose. Phubbing not only affects the impression formation and communication quality of both sides of communication but also damages the quality of peer relationships among college students, reduces the happiness of interpersonal objects, and has a negative impact on the physical and mental development of college students. The boredom proneness of college students is an important influencing factor of phubbing, and we aim to investigate the mechanism of its internal influence on phubbing. Design and Methods. A short version of the boredom proneness scale, fear of missing out scale, online vigilance scale, and phubbing scale was used to survey 357 Chinese college students. Bootstrap method using SPSS Process macro developed by Hayes was used to test the chain-mediating effect of fear of missing out and online vigilance in the relationship between college students’ boredom proneness and phubbing. Results. Boredom proneness, fear of missing out, online vigilance, and phubbing were significantly and positively correlated with each other (p
ISSN:0031-5990
1744-6163
DOI:10.1155/2023/9713789