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The Impact of Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency on School Adjustment in College Freshmen: The Chain#br# Mediating Effect of Loneliness and Meaning in Life#br# #br# The Impact of Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency on School Adjustment in College Freshmen: The Chain#br# Mediating Effect of Loneliness and Meaning in Life

Peng Ting1,Zhang Xiaozhou2,3*   

  1. (1. Humanities Foundation Department, Guizhou Health Vocational College, Tongren, Guizhou 554300, China; 2. School of Education,
    Tongren University, Tongren, Guizhou 554300, China; 3. School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China)
  • Received:2024-03-01 Revised:2024-04-17 Online:2026-04-15 Published:2026-05-19

Abstract: This study aimed to explore the effect of mobile phone addiction tendency on the school adjustment of college freshmen,
and to explore the chain mediating role of loneliness and meaning in life. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 945 college
freshmen using the Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency Scale, the Loneliness Scale, the Meaning in Life Scale, and the School Adjust⁃
ment Scale. The results showed that: (1) mobile phone addiction tendency was significantly positively correlated with loneliness, signifi⁃
cantly negatively correlated with meaning in life and school adjustment; loneliness was significantly negatively correlated with meaning
in life and school adjustment; meaning in life was significantly positively correlated with school adjustment. (2) Loneliness played a me⁃
diating role in the influence of mobile phone addiction tendency on school adjustment. (3) Meaning in life played a mediating role in the
influence of mobile phone addiction tendency on school adjustment. (4) Loneliness and meaning in life played a chain mediating role in
the influence of mobile phone addiction tendency on school adjustment. The study suggests that mobile phone addiction tendency indi⁃
rectly influences college freshmen's school adjustment through loneliness and meaning in life. This study enriches the research achieve⁃
ments in the field of college freshmen school adjustment, and has important theoretical and practical significance to improve the college
freshmen's school adjustment level.

Key words: college freshmen, mobile phone addiction tendency, loneliness, meaning in life, school adjustment

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