Mindfulness and cell phone dependence: The mediating role of social adaptation

• Weiling Wang

  School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University

• Yuyan Qian

  School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University

• Yuping Wang

  School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University

• Yuhong Zhang

  School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University

We explored the mediating role of social adaptation in the relationship between mindfulness and cell phone dependence among college students. Data were obtained from 937 college students, who completed the Smartphone Addiction Inventory, the Adolescent Mindfulness Measure, and the Social Adaptation Questionnaire. The results suggest that mindfulness and social adaptation were significantly and negatively correlated with cell phone dependence, and that the mindfulness level of college students had a significant direct predictive effect on their cell phone dependence. We also found a significant mediating effect of social adaptation in the relationship between mindfulness and cell phone dependence. These findings are of significance to the prevention of and intervention in young people’s cell phone dependence.

1. Weiling Wang, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University
   Institute of Social Psychology
2. Yuyan Qian, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University
   Institute of Social Psychology
   
3. Yuping Wang, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University
   Institute of Social Psychology
   
4. Yuhong Zhang, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University
   Institute of Social Psychology

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