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Abstract
Purpose
As an aspect of the lives of private college students in China, interpersonal competence (IC) is important to their socialization and employment competence. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between Chinese private college students’ smartphone addiction (SPA) and IC, the mediating effect of negative emotions (NE), and the moderating effect of psychological resilience (PR).
Samples and Methods
Using simple random sampling, 5473 Chinese private college students (male 74.5%, urban household registration 51.6%, served as a student leader 31.5%) were recruited.
Results
The results showed that (1) SPA positively predicted IC; (2) NE partially mediated the relationship between SPA and IC; and (3) PR moderated the relationships between SPA and NE, NE and IC, SPA and IC.
Conclusion
These findings provide a new perspective to improve Chinese private college students’ socialization and their employment competitiveness.
Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate
All methods were implemented in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Before data collection, the participants were informed about the purpose of this study.
Disclosure
The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.