Abstract：Objective To explore the relations among mobile-phone addiction, mindfulness attention awareness, attention control and cognitive failure in adolescents. Methods A total of 850 adolescents were selected to complete smartphone addiction scale, short version (SAS-SV), mindful attention awareness scale (MAAS), attentional control scale (ACS), and cognitive failures questionnaire (CFQ). SPSS 20.0 and AMOS 22.0 were used for correlation analysis, mediation effect test, and cross-group comparison of gender. Results Mobile phone addiction was significantly positively correlated with cognitive failure, while significantly negatively correlated with mindfulness attention awareness and attention control. Mindfulness attention awareness and attention control were significantly negatively correlated with cognitive failure. Mobile-phone addiction could directly affect cognitive failure, as well as indirectly affect cognitive failure through mindfulness awareness and attention control, and the mediation between them was significant. By comparing the mediating effects, results showed that there was no significant difference between them. Cross-group comparison of the models showed that boys were significantly higher than girls in the two paths: mobile-phone addiction tendency to mindfulness awareness and attention control to cognitive failure. And gender played a moderating role in these two paths. Conclusion Mindfulness awareness and attention control partly mediate mobile-phone addiction and cognitive failure. Gender moderates mobile-phone addiction to mindfulness awareness, and moderateds attention control to cognitive failure, respectively.
