Academic procrastination precedes problematic mobile phone use in Chinese adolescents: A longitudinal mediation model of distraction cognitions

Cross-sectional studies have documented a positive association between academic procrastination and problematic mobile phone use (PMPU). However, the specific predictive direction has remained controversial potential mechanisms underlying not been rigorously evaluated. According to Davis’s cognitive-behavioral model, Brand et al.’s I-PACE procrastination-related theories, PMPU might reciprocal relationship distraction cognitions play mediating role in this process. A total of 633 secondary school students completed three self-report questionnaires at 6-month intervals over course 1.5 years. The cross-lagged panel model results showed that earlier positively predicted subsequent time, but reverse prediction was stable. Furthermore, played linking PMPU. These findings indicate precedes with as mediator, which contributes clarifying explicating mechanism. Overall, interventions for may be effective reducing maladaptive associated phones preventing adolescents from developing