The relationship between cell phone use, academic performance, anxiety, and Satisfaction with Life in college students

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Highlights:

• Measured cell phone use (CPUse) to include the device’s complete range of functions.

• CPUse was negatively related to students’ actual Grade Point Average (GPA).

• CPUse was positively related to anxiety (as measured by Beck’s Anxiety Inventory).

• GPA was positively and anxiety was negatively related to Satisfaction with Life (SWL).

• Path analysis showed CPUse is related to SWL as mediated by GPA and anxiety.

摘要

•Measured cell phone use (CPUse) to include the device’s complete range of functions.•CPUse was negatively related to students’ actual Grade Point Average (GPA).•CPUse was positively related to anxiety (as measured by Beck’s Anxiety Inventory).•GPA was positively and anxiety was negatively related to Satisfaction with Life (SWL).•Path analysis showed CPUse is related to SWL as mediated by GPA and anxiety.

论文关键词:Mobile phones,GPA,Anxiety,Satisfaction with Life,Technology,Post-secondary education

论文评审过程:Available online 23 November 2013.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.049