ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Relationship between Anxiety and Problematic Smartphone Use in First-Year Junior High School Students: Moderated Mediation Effects of Physical Activity and School Adjustment.
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- The mediating role of self-control between physical activity and mobile phone addiction in adolescents: a meta-analytic structural equation modeling approach.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Reciprocal associations between smartphone overdependence and anxiety in adolescents: evidence from a nationally representative survey in the Republic of Korea.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2026Article
- Within-person reciprocal associations between problematic smartphone use and exercise adherence among university students: a four-wave random-intercept cross-lagged panel study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The Effects of Physical Exercise on Adolescents' School Adjustment and Path Analysis-Evidence from the China Education Panel Survey.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The impact of physical activity on adolescent mental health status: the mediating effect of school adaptation.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
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aimsDespite previous research identifying anxiety as a risk factor for problematic smartphone use among students, the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying the relationship between the two aforementioned variables are poorly understood. This study aims to explore the relationship between anxiety and problematic smartphone use among first-year junior high school students, together with the mediating effects of school adjustment and the moderating effects of physical activity on the mentioned relationship.
methodThis study was conducted using a Web-based self-report questionnaire survey with data collected from 445 first-year junior high school students in Jinan City, Shandong Province. Mediation and moderation analyses were performed using the PROCESS macro in SPSS.
resultsThe results showed that anxiety predicted problematic smartphone use not only directly but also indirectly via school adjustment. School adjustment played a partial mediating role in the relationship between anxiety and problematic smartphone use. Physical activity also played a moderating role in the relationship between anxiety and school adjustment.
conclusionschool adjustment and physical activity may be important variables in the relationship between anxiety and problematic smartphone use.
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