The Structural Relationship between Traumatic Mobile Phone use and Adolescents' Feelings of Loneliness Mediated by Time Management  (Case: High School Students in Rasht)

Rezaei, Sajad; Garakouei, Seyedeh Afsaneh; Ghorbanpour L., Amir

doi:10.22082/cr.2020.122164.2011

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Assistant Prof. in Psychology, University of Guilan, Iran

² Counseling

³ Assistant Prof. in Counseling, University of Guilan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22082/cr.2020.122164.2011

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between problematic cell-phone use (PCU) and loneliness, mediated by adolescent time management. The statistical population included all high school students in the second year of Rasht city in the 2018-2017 academic year from which 330 adolescents were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. Data were collected by The PCU, loneliness and time management questionnaires. the hypotheses were tested by using structural equation modeling technique with AMOS-20 software program. Also the mediating effects were tested by using The Bootstrap approach with the bootstrap procedure in Preacher and Hayes (2008) Macro program. The results showed that there was a direct and significant correlation between PCU and loneliness. The direct effect of PCU on time management was significant. the effect of PCU on loneliness was decreased with the mediating of time management. These results suggest that achieving acceptable levels of time management skills can have protective effects against the feeling of loneliness caused by the harmful use of mobile phones for adolescents.

Keywords

20.1001.1.25382977.1399.27.103.7.8

Main Subjects

Health Communications

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The Structural Relationship between Traumatic Mobile Phone use and Adolescents' Feelings of Loneliness Mediated by Time Management (Case: High School Students in Rasht)

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Volume 27, Issue 103 - Serial Number 103November 2020Pages 181-197

Volume 27, Issue 103 - Serial Number 103
November 2020
Pages 181-197