The Influence Of College Students’ Self-compassion On Mobile Phone Addiction: The Mediating Effect Of Social Anxiety And Loneliness

IntroductionWith the development of mobile Internet and the rapid launch of mobile phone function diversification,mobile phone and daily life have been deeply integrated,the problem of mobile phone addiction has followed.Studies have proved that mobile phone addiction can lead to the obvious impairment of the individual’s physiological,psychological,behavioral and social functions,also it causes new social problems.College student as the national reserve talents,how to solve these group’s mobile phone addiction problem is an urgent issue for college administrator to understand.As an important part of positive psychology research,self-compassion can effectively promote individual mental health and also have a positive impact on individual psychological function.This study starting from the perspective of selfcompassion,mobile phone addiction was the outcome variable to explore the influence of self-compassion level on mobile phone addiction,the social anxiety and loneliness were included in this study to explore the intermediate mechanism,provide new clues and scientific basis for college students to intervene in mobile phone addiction,promote the development of college students’ mental health better than before.MethodsIn this study,a convenient sampling method was adopted to conduct a questionnaire survey among college students from five universities in Heilongjiang,Shandong,Sichuan and Jiangsu provinces.500 questionnaires were recovered,which 456 valid questionnaires,with an efficiency of 91.20%.The selected questionnaires included: Self-Compassion Scale(SCS),Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency Scale(MPATS),Loneliness Scale(UCLA),and Interaction Anxiousness Scale(IAS).Descriptive statistics,independent sample t test,F test,correlation analysis,mediating effect test and other statistical methods were used in the study.Results & Conclusions(1)There are significant differences in some demographic variables among college students’ self-compassion,social anxiety,loneliness and mobile phone addiction;(2)There are significant correlations between the two variables of college students’ self-compassion,social anxiety,loneliness and mobile phone addiction;(3)College students’ self-compassion,social anxiety,and loneliness can significantly predict mobile phone addiction;(4)Social anxiety of college students plays a mediating role between self-compassion and mobile phone addiction;(5)College students’ loneliness plays a part of the mediating role between self-compassion and mobile phone addiction;(6)College students’ social anxiety and loneliness play a chain mediating role between self-compassion and mobile phone addiction.In summary,college students’ self-compassion can negatively predict mobile phone addiction.Both social anxiety and loneliness play a part in mediating between self-help and mobile phone addiction,college students’ self-compassion can influence mobile phone addiction through the chain mediating effect of social anxiety and loneliness.This study suggests that we can improve self-compassion,reduce social anxiety and loneliness,provide a scientific basis and clues for the prevention and treatment of college students’ mobile phone addiction.