| 其他摘要 | With the rapid development of network technology, mobile phones, as terminal devices for intelligent internet services, have deeply integrated into people's daily lives. In recent years, the issue of problematic mobile phone usage has become an increasingly prominent social phenomenon. People have realized the related impacts of improper use of mobile phones, but the academic community has not yet formed a unified concept of problematic mobile phone use. Researchers have carried out a variety of studies on the generation mechanism, influencing factors, formation path, etc. of problematic mobile phone use. The common research is to explore the influencing factors based on individual physiology, psychology, personality, native family, etc., and pay less attention to the impact of external environment on problematic mobile phone use.
Nowadays, Chinese society is in a stage of rapid development, and the pace of globalization and urbanization has accelerated the transformation from an acquaintance society to a stranger society. The speed of development in different regions has also brought about differences in the flow of interpersonal relational mobility. Investigating whether and how the external environment influences problematic mobile phone use has wide practical significance.
This study aims to explore the relationship between relational mobility and problematic mobile phone use. Based on a socio-ecological perspective and model of compensatory internet use and the Affective Events Theory, it investigates how relational mobility, as an external event, influences individuals' emotional reactions, which in turn affect their mobile phone usage behavior. The study also examines how individuals' core self-evaluation moderates this process.
This study will investigate this phenomenon through two studies. Study 1 is based on the "China General Social Survey (CGSS)". By analyzing the survey data from 2018 (n = 12,787) and 2021 (n = 8,148), it preliminarily explores the impact of people's relational mobility on their mobile phone usage. Based on the definition of relational mobility, Study 1 uses people's actual social activities as a proxy indicator and finds a negative correlation between relational mobility and problematic mobile phone use. However, Study 1 did not directly measure relational mobility and did not explore its mechanisms and boundary conditions.
Considering the analysis above, Study 2 is based on the Affective Events Theory, further revealing the emotional mechanisms that affect individuals' problematic mobile phone use due to relational mobility, and exploring the boundary conditions from the perspective of personal traits (core self-evaluation). Study 2 targeted a group of college students (n = 476), using relational mobility scale, core self-evaluations scale, positive affect and negative affect scale, generic scale of phubbing, and a questionnaire on social activities to collect data in two stages with a one-week interval. The results not only replicate the conclusions of Study 1 but also further discover that relational mobility is significantly negatively related to individuals' negative affects and problematic mobile phone use behavior. Negative affects play a significant mediating role in the relationship between relational mobility and problematic mobile phone use behavior. In addition, core self-evaluation moderates this process. Specifically, for individuals with higher core self-evaluation, the inhibitory effect of relational mobility on negative affects and subsequent problematic mobile phone use behavior is stronger. However, in terms of the influence pathway of positive affects, although relational mobility is significantly positively correlated with individual's positive emotions, it is not related to subsequent problematic mobile phone use behavior, and core self-evaluation does not have a moderating effect on this. It can be seen that the emotional mechanism of relational mobility on problematic mobile phone use among college students is mainly through negative affects rather than positive affects. It is worth mentioning that Study 2 also referred to Study 1 and investigated college students' real social activities, obtaining consistent results with relational mobility.
In summary, the results of these studies indicate that relational mobility can significantly reduce problematic mobile phone use. Negative affect (rather than positive affect) serve as the emotional mechanism. In addition, core self-evaluation plays a significant moderating role in this process. For individuals with higher core selfevaluation, this effect is stronger. |
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