Avoidance Attachment and Smartphone Addiction in Rural Secondary School Students

Bibliographic Data

ID22215734
AuthorsJingyuan Ma (0000-0003-2252-5177, Bayi Children's Hospital, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume6
Issue8
Publication date2023-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAcademic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2616-5783
PublisherFrancis Academic Press Ltd (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.25236/ajhss.2023.060819
OpenAlexW4381571654
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

This study aims to explore the relationship between parent-child attachment avoidance and smartphone dependence among rural junior high school students. The theoretical model was constructed based on attachment theory, evolutionary model of trait social anxiety, compensatory internet use theory and social cognitive theory of social class, and adopted smartphone addiction scale, parent-child attachment avoidance scale, social anxiety scale and the economic difficulty scale surveyed 285 rural junior high school students. The results showed that: (1) parent-child attachment avoidance of junior high school students positively predicted their smartphone dependence; (2) social anxiety played a mediating role between the two; (3) family economic difficulties moderated the second half of the mediating effect, and social anxiety had Junior high school students with high family economic difficulties have a stronger predictive effect on smartphone dependence. The findings of this study have theoretical significance for reducing the dependence on smartphones of junior high school students

Addiction · Anxiety · Attachment theory · Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child Development and Digital Technology · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Psychology

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