The Relationship Between Smartphone Addiction and the Interpersonal Competence of Chinese Private College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model

Figures & data

Figure 1 The hypothesis model.

Abbreviations: SPA, smart phone addiction; IC, interpersonal competence; NE, negative emotion; PR, Psychological Resilience.

Table 1 Descriptive Statistics and Correlations Among Variables

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1. SPA	–
2. PR	−0.101**	–
3. NE	0.529**	−0.206**	–
4. Stress	0.505**	−0.161**	0.943**	–
5. Depression	0.494**	−0.260**	0.935**	0.809**	–
6. Anxiety	0.502**	−0.173**	0.954**	0.873**	0.837**	–
7. IC	0.110**	0.434**	−0.039**	−0.015	−0.077**	−0.022	–
8. IR	0.074**	0.386**	−0.059**	−0.049**	−0.087**	−0.034*	0.869**	–
9. ADWO	0.105**	0.342**	−0.031*	−0.035*	−0.041**	−0.02	0.827**	0.668**	–
10. DPI	0.162**	0.306**	0.006	0.014	−0.02	0.026	0.873**	0.736**	0.675**	–
11. MIC	0.074**	0.408**	−0.038**	−0.011	−0.070**	−0.025	0.893**	0.691**	0.650**	0.719**	–
12. PESAA	0.071**	0.434**	−0.045**	0.015	−0.107**	−0.037**	0.881**	0.680**	0.616**	0.682**	0.820**	–
M	2.768	2.362	0.809	1.914	1.713	1.800	3.085	24.337	24.471	22.728	25.099	26.761
SD	0.910	0.813	0.571	0.630	0.622	0.571	0.494	4.652	4.410	4.282	4.361	5.045

Notes: N = 5473, *p<0.05, **p<0.01.

Abbreviations: SPA, Smart Phone Addiction; PR, Psychological Resilience; NE, Negative Emotion; IC, Interpersonal Competence; IR, initiating relationship; ADWO, asserting displeasure with others; DPI, disclosing personal information; MIC, managing interpersonal conflict; PESAA, providing emotional support and advice.

Table 2 Mediating Effect and 95% Confidence Interval Estimated by the Bootstrap Method

	Estimate	Percentile 95% CI		p	Percentage of Effect
		Lower	Upper
Indirect effect	−0.064	−0.084	−0.042	***	59.81%
Direct effect	0.171	0.131	0.212	***	40.19%
Total effect	0.107	0.075	0.150	***

Notes: N = 5473, ***p<0.001.

Table 3 The Test of the Moderated Mediation Model

Path	Estimate	Bias-Corrected 95% CI
		Lower	Upper
PR→NE	−0.146	−0.177	−0.115
SPA→NE	0.527	0.498	0.555
SPA×PR→NE	0.044	0.002	0.086
NE→IC	−0.049	−0.092	−0.009
SPA→IC	0.194	0.155	0.239
SPA×PR→IC	−0.117	−0.179	−0.055
NE×PR→IC	0.131	0.073	0.188
PR→IC	0.451	0.417	0.483

Abbreviations: PR, Psychological Resilience; NE, Negative Emotion; SPA, Smart Phone Addiction; IC, Interpersonal Competence.

Figure 2 A moderated mediation model.

Notes:*p<0.05,*** p<0.001.

Abbreviations: IC, Interpersonal Competence; SPA, Smart Phone Addiction; NE, Negative Emotion; PR, Psychological Resilience; IR, initiating relationship; ADWO, asserting displeasure with others; DPI, disclosing personal information; MIC, managing interpersonal conflict; PESAA, providing emotional support and advice.

Figure 3 The moderation of PR to SPA and IC.

Abbreviations: IC, Interpersonal Competence; LSPA, Low Smart Phone Addiction; MSPA, Middle Smart Phone Addiction; HSPA, High Smart Phone Addiction; LPR, Low Psychological Resilience; MPR, Middle Psychological Resilience; HPR, High Psychological Resilience.

Figure 4 The moderation of PR to SPA and NE.

Abbreviations: NE, Negative Emotion; LSPA, Low Smart Phone Addiction; MSPA, Middle Smart Phone Addiction; HSPA, High Smart Phone Addiction; LPR, Low Psychological Resilience; MPR, Middle Psychological Resilience; HPR, High Psychological Resilience.

Figure 5 The moderation of PR to NE and IC.

Abbreviations: IC, Interpersonal Competence.; LNE, Low Negative Emotion; MNE, Middle Negative Emotion; HNE, High Negative Emotion; LPR, Low Psychological Resilience; MPR, Middle Psychological Resilience; HPR, High Psychological Resilience.