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| Impact of social exclusion on smartphone addiction: mediating role of interpersonal attribution |
| WANG Huimin, WANG Yanan, XUN Wenxiu, ZHANG Anqi, ZENG Yixin, ZENG Chengwei, YANG Ying, ZHANG Shujun, ZHANG Bin |
| School of Humanities and Management, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, Hunan Province, China |
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Abstract Objective To investigate the relationship between social exclusion of university students and smartphone addiction, and analyze the mediating role of interpersonal attribution. Methods An online survey to students from several universities in Hunan Province was conducted by using social exclusion questionnaire forundergraduates（SEQU）, short version of smartphone addiction scale（SAS-SV）, and interpersonal relationship scale from multidimensional-multiattributional causality scale（MMCS）. A total of 392 valid questionnaires were collected. The relevant data were statistically analyzed. Results There was a significant difference in the degree of smartphone addiction among family types, with students from core families scoring significantly higher than those from extended families. There was a significant positive correlation between social exclusion, smartphone addiction, and external interpersonal attribution （P< 0.01）. The direct effect of social exclusion on smartphone addiction was not significant（β=0.05, P>0.05）.Social exclusion significantly positively predicted external interpersonal attribution（β=0.21, P<0.001）, and externalinterpersonal attribution had a significantly positively predictive effect on smartphone addiction（β=0.35, P<0.001）. The mediating effect of external interpersonal attribution between social exclusion and smartphone addiction was significant,with an effect value of 0.07（95% CI: 0.03-0.13）. Conclusion Social exclusion indirectly affects smartphone addiction through the mediating effect of external interpersonal attribution.
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