Mechanisms Connecting Impulsivity to Problematic Mobile Phone Use: Mediation Roles of Stress and Procrastinatory Cognitions

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the mechanisms underlying the association between impulsivity and problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) through perceived stress and procrastinatory cognitions in light of the Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution theoretical model (I-PACE). A serial multiple mediation model was tested using a sample of 1,085 undergraduate students from a midwestern U.S. university. The results indicated that impulsivity positively predicted PMPU, perceived stress, and procrastinatory cognitions. Similarly, perceived stress positively predicted procrastinatory cognitions and PMPU. Procrastinatory cognitions also positively predicted PMPU. Results of the serial mediation model revealed that perceived stress and procrastinatory cognitions mediated the relationship between impulsivity and PMPU individually and sequentially. This study has important theoretical and practical implications.

Authors

• Ahlam Alghamdi, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
  Presenting Author

• Jian Li, Kent State University
  Presenting Author

• Hua Li, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
  Presenting Author

• Bushra Aldosari
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