Mediating role of relationship Problematic smartphone use on the relationship between Perceived Stress, Grit, Self-esteem and Academic performance
Subject Areas : روانشناسیZabihollah Kavehfarsani 1 , Zahra Janghorban 2
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2 - Shahrekord University
Keywords: Problematic smartphone use, Perceived stress, grit, self-esteem, academic performance,
Abstract :
Objective: This research investigates mediating role of problematic smartphone use on the relationship between Perceived stress, grit, self-esteem and academic performance. Method: This research Method was a descriptive-correlational and structural equations. The statistical population of the research included all second-year high school students in Isfahan city, 250 of whom were selected by a multi-stage cluster method and based on the entry and exit criteria, and the questionnaires of Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale (1983) ); Cowan et al.'s Smartphone Addiction Short Scale (2013); Rosenberg's self-esteem scale (1965); Duckworth &Quinn Short Grit Scale (2009) and academic grade answered. Results: The results showed that the model has a good fit; Also, the data analysis showed that there is a negative and significant relationship between the problematic smartphone use and perceived stress, and a positive and significant relationship between grit and self-esteem with academic performance (p<0.001 and 0.05). Also, the results of structural equations showed that perceived stress, grit and problematic smartphone use have a direct effect on academic performance (p<0.01) and perceived stress, grit and self-esteem with the mediation of problematic smartphone use had an indirect effect on academic performance (p<0.001). Conclusion :The results of this research can be used by families, educators, managers and education policy makers to consider these variables in planning to improve their academic performance and also considering the high use of adolescents. From smartphones, consider prevention and intervention strategies for smartphone addiction.