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December 4, 2025Journal of Adolescence

Relatedness Need Dissatisfaction Perceived in Daily Life Increases Problematic Mobile Phone Use: A Longitudinal Mediation Model

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WHWei Hong

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Longitudinal mediation models reveal loneliness and maladaptive cognitions influence problematic mobile phone use in teens.

Key Points

  • Problematic mobile phone use increases with dissatisfaction in social relationships, mainly through loneliness.
  • Findings showed that structural equation modeling identified significant mediation effects in adolescents over 18 months.
  • Analysis involved 1060 Chinese secondary school students, revealing important links between social needs and mobile use.
  • Strategies to enhance social relationships and address cognitive factors may help reduce problematic mobile phone usage.

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Wei Hong (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6930dc6bea1aef094cca1ed5https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70082
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