Effects of media use, smart phone addiction, and adult ADHD symptoms on wellbeing of college students during the COVID-19 lockdown: Dispositional hope as a protective factor

The present study investigated the role of dispositional hope as a potential protective factor moderator in the relationship between adult ADHD symptoms, media use/smart phone addiction and wellbeing during the period of isolation because of the COVID-19 pandemic among students in Romania. A sample...

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Published in:	Frontiers in psychology Vol. 13; p. 1019976
Main Authors:	Toma, Roxana Andreea, Anderson, Craig A, Matichescu, Marius, Franţ, Anca, Almǎjan-Guţă, Bogdan, Cândea, Adela, Bailey, Kira
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 23-12-2022
Subjects:	ADHD college students hope Psychology smart phone addiction wellbeing ADHD smart phone addiction hope college students wellbeing
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Summary:	The present study investigated the role of dispositional hope as a potential protective factor moderator in the relationship between adult ADHD symptoms, media use/smart phone addiction and wellbeing during the period of isolation because of the COVID-19 pandemic among students in Romania. A sample of 333 college students (86.8% female and 13.2% male) between the age of 18 and 47 with a mean of 20.6 years old from West University of Timişoara completed online surveys. Mediation and moderation analyses were performed to assess the associations among the variables. Results confirmed the negative associations of both adult ADHD and smartphone addiction with overall wellbeing. The smartphone addiction/ wellbeing association was moderated by dispositional hopefulness, such that high hopefulness served as a protective factor [ = -0.008, 95% percentile CI (-0.0134; -0.0012)]. Implications for the educational environment are discussed.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 This article was submitted to Educational Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology Reviewed by: Gustavo Cunha de Araujo, Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins, Brazil; Karolina Appelt, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland Edited by: Yulia Solovieva, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico
ISSN:	1664-1078 1664-1078
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1019976