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A Study on the Relationship between Social Support Alexithymia and Mobile Paddiction in College Students

Shaoqi Zeng, Lei Yu, Shanji Sui, Jing Lin, Hongwei Lu, Weiqiang Lin

Abstract


Objective:To conduct a quantitative study on the relationship among social support, alexithymia and mobile phone
addiction tendency of college students. Methods:Questionnaire survey was conducted among 330 college students in a university
in Fujian Province by using the College Students’ Mobile Phone Addiction Inventory(MPATS), the MSPSS and the Toronto
Affective Disorder Inventory(TAS-20). Results:The total score and various factors of social support were significantly negatively
correlated with alexithymia and mobile phone addiction tendency.There was a significant positive correlation between alexithymia
and mobile phone addiction tendency.Alexithymia played a partial mediating role in the relationship between social support and
mobile phone addiction.Conclusion:Social support of college students can influence the tendency of mobile phone addiction
through the partial mediating effect of alexithymia.

Keywords


Mobile phone addiction;College students;Social support;Alexithymia

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/l-e.v10i1.2142

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