The Influence Of Stress On Mobile Phone Dependence Of College Students: The Mediating Role Of Psychological Need Satisfaction And Positive Outcome Expectations

With the continuous enrichment and development of mobile Internet technology and mobile application software,smart phones have become an indispensable part of modern life.However,mobile phones not only bring convenience,but also bring the problem of mobile phone dependence and other aspects of mobile phone use.Numerous studies have shown that stress is an important risk factor for mobile phone dependence.This study draws on the theory of motivational psychology and PIU model of Internet addiction to investigate the impact of life stress on college students’ mobile phone dependence,the parallel or chain mediating effect of basic psychological needs satisfaction and positive outcome expectation.Study 1 selected 412 college students from 3 universities in Shanghai,and College Stress Scale(CSS),Mobile Phone Addiction Index Scale(MPAI),Basic Needs Satisfaction Scale(BNSS),Maladaptive Cognitions Scale(CAMCS)were used to investigate their stress,mobile phone dependence,satisfaction of basic psychological needs and expectation of positive results.the result shows that:(1)There is a significant gender difference in college students’ mobile phone dependence,and female students’ mobile phone dependence is higher than that of male students.(2)Stress has a significant positive predictive effect on college students’ mobile phone dependence.(3)Stress can significantly reduce the satisfaction of college students’ basic psychological needs,but it will not directly promote college students’ mobile phone dependence behavior by significantly reducing the satisfaction of basic psychological needs.(4)Stress can directly promote college students’ mobile phone dependence behavior by significantly improving their expectation of positive results of mobile phone use.(5)Stress can significantly reduce the satisfaction of college students’ basic psychological needs,thus promoting college students’ expectation of positive results of mobile phone use and indirectly promoting college students’ dependence on mobile phones.Based on the research of influence mechanism,the second study conducted group psychological counseling for 9 college students who relied on mobile phones,taking basic psychological needs satisfaction and positive result expectation as the entry point,comprehensive cognition and focus solution and other methods of group psychological counseling.The results show that although the group psychological counseling program designed in this study cannot significantly improve the stress status of college students in the short term,it can significantly improve the satisfaction of basic psychological needs,reduce the expectation of positive results of mobile phone use,and significantly reduce mobile phone dependence.