Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2175970
Yungui Guo, Shiyu Luo, Yueling Tan
This study explored the mediating effect of grit (consistency of interest, perseverance of effort) on the association between purpose in life (meaningfulness, goal orientation, and beyond-the-self) and academic performance. Data were collected from 493 students from two universities in Hunan province, China (male = 21.5 %, female = 78.5%; mean age = 20.86 years, SD = 1.69 years). They completed the scales of purpose in life, grit, and academic performance. Following structural equation model analyses, the results showed that higher purpose in life (specifically goal orientation) associated with superior academic performance. Grit (specifically perseverance of effort) mediated the association between purpose in life (specifically goal orientation) and academic performance, increasing the likelihood of high academic achievment. Similarly, grit (specifically perseverance of effort) mediated the relationship between higher purpose in life (specifically beyond-the-self) and academic performance, also increasing the likelihood of high academic achieving. The findings highlight the importance of grit defined by perseverance of effort, goal orientation, as well as belief in beyond the personal self to college achievement in a long-term oriented culture.
{"title":"Purpose in life and academic performance: Grit mediation among Chinese college students","authors":"Yungui Guo, Shiyu Luo, Yueling Tan","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2175970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2175970","url":null,"abstract":"This study explored the mediating effect of grit (consistency of interest, perseverance of effort) on the association between purpose in life (meaningfulness, goal orientation, and beyond-the-self) and academic performance. Data were collected from 493 students from two universities in Hunan province, China (male = 21.5 %, female = 78.5%; mean age = 20.86 years, SD = 1.69 years). They completed the scales of purpose in life, grit, and academic performance. Following structural equation model analyses, the results showed that higher purpose in life (specifically goal orientation) associated with superior academic performance. Grit (specifically perseverance of effort) mediated the association between purpose in life (specifically goal orientation) and academic performance, increasing the likelihood of high academic achievment. Similarly, grit (specifically perseverance of effort) mediated the relationship between higher purpose in life (specifically beyond-the-self) and academic performance, also increasing the likelihood of high academic achieving. The findings highlight the importance of grit defined by perseverance of effort, goal orientation, as well as belief in beyond the personal self to college achievement in a long-term oriented culture.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"69 - 74"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43907195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2182968
Qinhong Xie, Bingtao Zhou, Taiyong Bi, Bo Yang, Hui Kou
We investigated the mediating role of sadistic impulse and the moderating role of emotion regulation strategy in the relationship between trait anger and aggressive behaviour in violent offenders. A total of 492 male violent offenders (mean age = 34.06 years, SD = 6.67 years) completed the Trait Anger Scale, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Short Sadistic Impulse Scale, and Impulsive/Premeditated Aggression Scale. We tested a moderated mediation model by multiple linear regression analysis (Bootstrap n = 5 000). The results showed that sadistic impulse mediated the relationship between trait anger and aggressive behaviour in violent offenders. Higher level of sadistic impulse was associated with a higher likelihood of aggressive behaviour. Emotion regulation strategy moderated the relationship between trait anger and aggressive behaviour. Specifically, those with lower emotional regulation were more likely to exhibit aggressive behaviour compared to those with higher emotional regulation. The mediated moderation model applied to both impulsive and premeditated aggression. In the low emotion regulation group, the mediating effects of trait anger on impulsive and premeditated aggression were significant. In the high emotion regulation group, the mediating effects of trait anger on impulsive and premeditated aggression were lower, but still significant. Our findings are consistent with the emotion regulation theory of aggression stating that people with sadism may assault others to improve their mood.
{"title":"Trait anger and aggression among male violent offenders: The mediating effect of sadistic impulse and the moderating effect of emotion regulation","authors":"Qinhong Xie, Bingtao Zhou, Taiyong Bi, Bo Yang, Hui Kou","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2182968","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2182968","url":null,"abstract":"We investigated the mediating role of sadistic impulse and the moderating role of emotion regulation strategy in the relationship between trait anger and aggressive behaviour in violent offenders. A total of 492 male violent offenders (mean age = 34.06 years, SD = 6.67 years) completed the Trait Anger Scale, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Short Sadistic Impulse Scale, and Impulsive/Premeditated Aggression Scale. We tested a moderated mediation model by multiple linear regression analysis (Bootstrap n = 5 000). The results showed that sadistic impulse mediated the relationship between trait anger and aggressive behaviour in violent offenders. Higher level of sadistic impulse was associated with a higher likelihood of aggressive behaviour. Emotion regulation strategy moderated the relationship between trait anger and aggressive behaviour. Specifically, those with lower emotional regulation were more likely to exhibit aggressive behaviour compared to those with higher emotional regulation. The mediated moderation model applied to both impulsive and premeditated aggression. In the low emotion regulation group, the mediating effects of trait anger on impulsive and premeditated aggression were significant. In the high emotion regulation group, the mediating effects of trait anger on impulsive and premeditated aggression were lower, but still significant. Our findings are consistent with the emotion regulation theory of aggression stating that people with sadism may assault others to improve their mood.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"10 - 16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46715614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2175991
Hang Zhang, Zhaoyang Xin, Qinglin Wang, Qianfeng Li, Jing Du, Minghui Wang
This study explored the relationship between graduate students’ proactive personality and academic procrastination, and the chain-mediation by research self-efficacy and learning adaptability. Participants were 905 postgraduates in China (female =70%; first year =56%; humanities and social sciences =54%). They completed the graduate students’ proactive personality scale, the graduate students’ academic procrastination scale, the research self-efficacy scale, and the learning adaptability scale. Applying chain mediation analyses, results showed that proactive personality was associated with higher research self-efficacy and learning adaptability. Learning adaptability mediated the relationship between proactive personality and academic procrastination, specifically decreasing procrastination. Research self-efficacy and learning adaptability played a chain-mediating role between proactive personality and academic procrastination, with higher cumulative reduction of procrastination than with either self-efficacy and learning adaptability alone. These findings suggest a need for graduate student development and support services to aim at improving students’ self-efficacy and learning adaptability for timely school completion,
{"title":"Proactive personality and academic procrastination in graduate students: Their chain-mediation by research self-efficacy and learning adaptability","authors":"Hang Zhang, Zhaoyang Xin, Qinglin Wang, Qianfeng Li, Jing Du, Minghui Wang","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2175991","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2175991","url":null,"abstract":"This study explored the relationship between graduate students’ proactive personality and academic procrastination, and the chain-mediation by research self-efficacy and learning adaptability. Participants were 905 postgraduates in China (female =70%; first year =56%; humanities and social sciences =54%). They completed the graduate students’ proactive personality scale, the graduate students’ academic procrastination scale, the research self-efficacy scale, and the learning adaptability scale. Applying chain mediation analyses, results showed that proactive personality was associated with higher research self-efficacy and learning adaptability. Learning adaptability mediated the relationship between proactive personality and academic procrastination, specifically decreasing procrastination. Research self-efficacy and learning adaptability played a chain-mediating role between proactive personality and academic procrastination, with higher cumulative reduction of procrastination than with either self-efficacy and learning adaptability alone. These findings suggest a need for graduate student development and support services to aim at improving students’ self-efficacy and learning adaptability for timely school completion,","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"63 - 68"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48031180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2182965
V. Koen, Shingairai Chigeza, M. Wissing
We explored the relational importance in early and middle adulthood in a South African setting. Informants were 52 participants (female = 58%, African language speaking = 31%, age range = 18–65; younger adults = 50%). Data on the types of important relationships and the reasons behind the importance for the different age groups were collected through semi-structured, open-ended questions. Thematic analysis indicated family, friends, and spiritual relationships as the most important relationships across the age groups. Other relationships important to both groups, were relationships pertaining to work, pet/s, and self. The middle adulthood age group emphasised the importance of work relationships above those with friends and further indicated relationships with their spouse, success, and neighbours. Younger adults indicated relationships with romantic partners, academics, and society as a whole. The findings suggest a convoy effect on relationship preferences for these age groups in that they highlight the importance of social relationships and how they vary in different developmental phases or stages of life. Implications for consideration of developmental phases in the design of interventions are indicated.
{"title":"Relational importance in early and middle adulthood age groups in South Africa","authors":"V. Koen, Shingairai Chigeza, M. Wissing","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2182965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2182965","url":null,"abstract":"We explored the relational importance in early and middle adulthood in a South African setting. Informants were 52 participants (female = 58%, African language speaking = 31%, age range = 18–65; younger adults = 50%). Data on the types of important relationships and the reasons behind the importance for the different age groups were collected through semi-structured, open-ended questions. Thematic analysis indicated family, friends, and spiritual relationships as the most important relationships across the age groups. Other relationships important to both groups, were relationships pertaining to work, pet/s, and self. The middle adulthood age group emphasised the importance of work relationships above those with friends and further indicated relationships with their spouse, success, and neighbours. Younger adults indicated relationships with romantic partners, academics, and society as a whole. The findings suggest a convoy effect on relationship preferences for these age groups in that they highlight the importance of social relationships and how they vary in different developmental phases or stages of life. Implications for consideration of developmental phases in the design of interventions are indicated.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"1 - 9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44312663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2175961
A. Fadiji, Shingairai Chigeza, Bontle Kgopa
The present study examined the relationship between the demographic characteristics of age, sex, religious practice, and standard of living with life satisfaction and meaning in life in a Ghanaian setting. Participants were 394 Ghanaian urban adults (female = 43.90; mean age = 40.84 years, SD = 11.20 years). Participants completed a socio-demographic questionnaire, life satisfaction and meaning life measures, as well as an open-ended question on well-being. Linear regression and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were employed for the quantitative data analysis and thematic analysis for the qualitative data analysis. Results revealed that living standards predicted life satisfaction and presence of meaning in life. In a post hoc analysis, presence of meaning was much greater than life satisfaction among the group with below average standard of living. From the qualitative findings, we observed that the group with below average standard of living referred extensively to hedonic conceptualisations of well-being. Our findings suggest a need for economic policies to improve population material well-being in order to enhance life satisfaction and meaning in life in a developing country setting.
{"title":"Who does better on life satisfaction and meaning in life? A Mixed-methods exploration of demographic characteristics and well-being in Ghana","authors":"A. Fadiji, Shingairai Chigeza, Bontle Kgopa","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2175961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2175961","url":null,"abstract":"The present study examined the relationship between the demographic characteristics of age, sex, religious practice, and standard of living with life satisfaction and meaning in life in a Ghanaian setting. Participants were 394 Ghanaian urban adults (female = 43.90; mean age = 40.84 years, SD = 11.20 years). Participants completed a socio-demographic questionnaire, life satisfaction and meaning life measures, as well as an open-ended question on well-being. Linear regression and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were employed for the quantitative data analysis and thematic analysis for the qualitative data analysis. Results revealed that living standards predicted life satisfaction and presence of meaning in life. In a post hoc analysis, presence of meaning was much greater than life satisfaction among the group with below average standard of living. From the qualitative findings, we observed that the group with below average standard of living referred extensively to hedonic conceptualisations of well-being. Our findings suggest a need for economic policies to improve population material well-being in order to enhance life satisfaction and meaning in life in a developing country setting.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"43 - 49"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45930455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2175953
L. O. Amazue, Ugochi P. Brown, L. Awo
We examined the association between work need satisfaction (WNS) and job crafting (JC) dimensions (seeking challenges [SC], seeking resources [SR], and reducing demands [RD]), as well as the role of psychological empowerment (PE) in that relationship. Data on PE, WNS, SC, SR, and RD were collected from 275 Nigerian oil and gas workers (male = 86.2%; age range = 28 to 54 years; mean age = 38.72 years; SD = 4.68 years). Hayes’ macro mediation analysis results indicated that increased WNS was associated with reduced SC and SR, and higher RD. Additionally, the results showed that high PE scores were positively associated with high SC and SR, and low RD. PE negatively mediated the association between WNS and RD. These findings point to the need for inclusion of PE strategies, to boost creativity and productivity in the oil and gas sector.
{"title":"Work-related need satisfaction and job crafting: Mediation of psychological empowerment in a Nigerian setting","authors":"L. O. Amazue, Ugochi P. Brown, L. Awo","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2175953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2175953","url":null,"abstract":"We examined the association between work need satisfaction (WNS) and job crafting (JC) dimensions (seeking challenges [SC], seeking resources [SR], and reducing demands [RD]), as well as the role of psychological empowerment (PE) in that relationship. Data on PE, WNS, SC, SR, and RD were collected from 275 Nigerian oil and gas workers (male = 86.2%; age range = 28 to 54 years; mean age = 38.72 years; SD = 4.68 years). Hayes’ macro mediation analysis results indicated that increased WNS was associated with reduced SC and SR, and higher RD. Additionally, the results showed that high PE scores were positively associated with high SC and SR, and low RD. PE negatively mediated the association between WNS and RD. These findings point to the need for inclusion of PE strategies, to boost creativity and productivity in the oil and gas sector.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"57 - 62"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44015452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2175986
Menghao Ren, Shengqi Zou, Jin Wang, Ruixue Zhang, Daoqun Ding
This study explored the relationship between subjective socioeconomic status (SSS) and envy, as well as the role that sense of control plays in this relationship in the Chinese collectivist culture. Participants were 927 Chinese adults (female = 64.8%; mean age = 24.52 years, SD = 4.935 years) who completed a series of questionnaires. Structural equation modelling showed that having a lower SSS was associated with a higher level of dispositional, benign, and malicious envy. Sense of control negatively mediated the relationship between SSS and dispositional, benign, and malicious envy. Multigroup analyses revealed no sex differences in either main or indirect effects. These results are related to the Chinese collectivist culture. The mediating role of sense of control is partially consistent with the social cognitive theory of social class. We propose that interventions focusing on sense of control could help reduce debilitating envy and its negative effects among lower SSS individuals.
{"title":"Subjective socioeconomic status and envy in Chinese collectivist culture: The role of sense of control","authors":"Menghao Ren, Shengqi Zou, Jin Wang, Ruixue Zhang, Daoqun Ding","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2175986","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2175986","url":null,"abstract":"This study explored the relationship between subjective socioeconomic status (SSS) and envy, as well as the role that sense of control plays in this relationship in the Chinese collectivist culture. Participants were 927 Chinese adults (female = 64.8%; mean age = 24.52 years, SD = 4.935 years) who completed a series of questionnaires. Structural equation modelling showed that having a lower SSS was associated with a higher level of dispositional, benign, and malicious envy. Sense of control negatively mediated the relationship between SSS and dispositional, benign, and malicious envy. Multigroup analyses revealed no sex differences in either main or indirect effects. These results are related to the Chinese collectivist culture. The mediating role of sense of control is partially consistent with the social cognitive theory of social class. We propose that interventions focusing on sense of control could help reduce debilitating envy and its negative effects among lower SSS individuals.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"17 - 25"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48914535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2175987
Samantha Samuel, Nadia Ferreira
This study investigated the relationship between generational cohorts and job retention as influenced by coping strategies. Participants were a convenience sample of 151 full-time South African engineers (Generation X: 1961 to 1980 = 47.7%; white = 66.9%; male = 89.4%). Participants completed the Positive Coping Behaviour Inventory (PCBI) as well as the Retention Factors Behaviour Inventory (RFBI). A stepwise regression analysis revealed no age cohort differences in terms of job retention. However, affective positive (emotion-focused) coping significantly predicted satisfaction with retention factors. No differences were found in term of the demographic variables. Human resource practitioners should prioritise innovative work coping mechanisms that will guide retention strategies within the engineering sector in South Africa.
{"title":"Multi-generational workforce job retention: Coping strategy influences among South African engineers","authors":"Samantha Samuel, Nadia Ferreira","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2175987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2175987","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the relationship between generational cohorts and job retention as influenced by coping strategies. Participants were a convenience sample of 151 full-time South African engineers (Generation X: 1961 to 1980 = 47.7%; white = 66.9%; male = 89.4%). Participants completed the Positive Coping Behaviour Inventory (PCBI) as well as the Retention Factors Behaviour Inventory (RFBI). A stepwise regression analysis revealed no age cohort differences in terms of job retention. However, affective positive (emotion-focused) coping significantly predicted satisfaction with retention factors. No differences were found in term of the demographic variables. Human resource practitioners should prioritise innovative work coping mechanisms that will guide retention strategies within the engineering sector in South Africa.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"50 - 56"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44134223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-11-28DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2022.2121465
Yunsheng Ruan, Yungui Guo
This study examined the moderating role of job complexity on the relationship between proactive personality and job crafting (task, relational, cognitive). Data were collected from 251 employees of two pharmaceutical enterprises located in the Henan Province of China (female = 58.2%; mean age = 30.88 years, SD = 8.59 years). They completed measures of proactive personality, job crafting, and job complexity. Following hierarchical regression analysis, the results showed that higher proactive personality was associated with task crafting, relational crafting, and cognitive crafting. The relationship was stronger for task crafting, followed by cognitive crafting and relational crafting. Job complexity moderated the relationship between proactive personality and job crafting such that their positive relationship was stronger when job complexity was high. The findings suggest a need to recognise and support employees with proactive personalities for their job crafting potential, especially considering the complex business environment in the fast-paced digital world.
{"title":"Job complexity moderates the relationship between proactive personality and job crafting","authors":"Yunsheng Ruan, Yungui Guo","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2022.2121465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2022.2121465","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the moderating role of job complexity on the relationship between proactive personality and job crafting (task, relational, cognitive). Data were collected from 251 employees of two pharmaceutical enterprises located in the Henan Province of China (female = 58.2%; mean age = 30.88 years, SD = 8.59 years). They completed measures of proactive personality, job crafting, and job complexity. Following hierarchical regression analysis, the results showed that higher proactive personality was associated with task crafting, relational crafting, and cognitive crafting. The relationship was stronger for task crafting, followed by cognitive crafting and relational crafting. Job complexity moderated the relationship between proactive personality and job crafting such that their positive relationship was stronger when job complexity was high. The findings suggest a need to recognise and support employees with proactive personalities for their job crafting potential, especially considering the complex business environment in the fast-paced digital world.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"32 1","pages":"611 - 616"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46414066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study aimed to investigate (i) the relationship between loneliness and mobile phone addiction; (ii) the mediating role of negative affect in the association between loneliness and mobile phone addiction; and (iii) the moderating effect of perceived stress in the relationship between loneliness and mobile phone addiction. A total of 359 Chinese college students were recruited (female = 216; mean age = 19.56 years, SD = 1.61 years). Results showed that loneliness was associated with risk for mobile phone addiction. Mediation analysis highlighted that negative affect fully mediated the association between loneliness and increased mobile phone addiction. Moreover, moderated mediation analysis indicated that the association between negative affect and mobile phone addiction was moderated by perceived stress, so that risk for mobile phone addiction was higher when perceived stress was increased. In conclusion, our findings revealed that risk for mobile phone addiction was higher with loneliness and mood disorder indicators of negative affect and perceived stress.
{"title":"Loneliness and mobile phone addiction in Chinese college students: a moderated mediation model","authors":"Bin Zhang, Hanyu Liang, Yan-hong Luo, Yujiao Peng, Zhiyan Qiu, Huili Mao, Mengqi Yuan, Sicheng Xiong","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2022.2121474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2022.2121474","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to investigate (i) the relationship between loneliness and mobile phone addiction; (ii) the mediating role of negative affect in the association between loneliness and mobile phone addiction; and (iii) the moderating effect of perceived stress in the relationship between loneliness and mobile phone addiction. A total of 359 Chinese college students were recruited (female = 216; mean age = 19.56 years, SD = 1.61 years). Results showed that loneliness was associated with risk for mobile phone addiction. Mediation analysis highlighted that negative affect fully mediated the association between loneliness and increased mobile phone addiction. Moreover, moderated mediation analysis indicated that the association between negative affect and mobile phone addiction was moderated by perceived stress, so that risk for mobile phone addiction was higher when perceived stress was increased. In conclusion, our findings revealed that risk for mobile phone addiction was higher with loneliness and mood disorder indicators of negative affect and perceived stress.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"32 1","pages":"605 - 610"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41811754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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