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Smartphone addiction and psychological distress among Vietnamese college students: cyber-victimization as a mediator and academic stress as a moderator

Smartphone addiction and psychological distress among Vietnamese college students:... The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating effect of cyber-victimization (CV) and the moderating effect of academic stress (AS) in the link between smartphone addiction (SPA) and psychological distress (PD) among a sample of Vietnamese college students.Design/methodology/approachA total of 423 college students participated in this study. Measures of SPA, CV, AS and PD were used for data collection. Using PROCESS macro software (Model 4 and Model 1) and the bootstrapping method, the author performed a mediation analysis and a moderation analysis.FindingsResults indicated a significant mediating effect of CV in the link between SPA and PD. Moreover, this relationship was moderated by AS.Originality/valueThe findings could serve as a guide for future research and mental health professionals. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Public Mental Health Emerald Publishing

Smartphone addiction and psychological distress among Vietnamese college students: cyber-victimization as a mediator and academic stress as a moderator

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
1746-5729
eISSN
1746-5729
DOI
10.1108/jpmh-08-2022-0081
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating effect of cyber-victimization (CV) and the moderating effect of academic stress (AS) in the link between smartphone addiction (SPA) and psychological distress (PD) among a sample of Vietnamese college students.Design/methodology/approachA total of 423 college students participated in this study. Measures of SPA, CV, AS and PD were used for data collection. Using PROCESS macro software (Model 4 and Model 1) and the bootstrapping method, the author performed a mediation analysis and a moderation analysis.FindingsResults indicated a significant mediating effect of CV in the link between SPA and PD. Moreover, this relationship was moderated by AS.Originality/valueThe findings could serve as a guide for future research and mental health professionals.

Journal

Journal of Public Mental HealthEmerald Publishing

Published: Mar 27, 2023

Keywords: Smartphone addiction; Cyber-victimization; Academic stress; Psychological distress; Mediator; Moderator

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