Cross-lagged analysis of academic procrastination, negative emotions and self-control, and smartphone addiction among college students

WANG Wenting; SONG Jinqiu; ZHANG Zhonglou

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025305

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WANG Wenting, SONG Jinqiu, ZHANG Zhonglou. Cross-lagged analysis of academic procrastination, negative emotions and self-control, and smartphone addiction among college students[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2025, 46(10): 1427-1431. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025305

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WANG Wenting, SONG Jinqiu, ZHANG Zhonglou. Cross-lagged analysis of academic procrastination, negative emotions and self-control, and smartphone addiction among college students[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2025, 46(10): 1427-1431. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025305

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WANG Wenting, SONG Jinqiu, ZHANG Zhonglou. Cross-lagged analysis of academic procrastination, negative emotions and self-control, and smartphone addiction among college students[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2025, 46(10): 1427-1431. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025305

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Cross-lagged analysis of academic procrastination, negative emotions and self-control, and smartphone addiction among college students

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025305

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Digital Business College of Guangzhou City Polytechnic, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong Province, China

Received Date: 2025-07-31
Rev Recd Date: 2025-09-14
Publish Date: 2025-10-25

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Objective To explore the causal relationship between academic procrastination, negative emotions, self-control, and smartphone addiction among college students, so as to provide theoretical reference for promoting their mental health and academic achievement. Methods A multi-stage cluster random sampling method was used to select 452 first-year students from a university in Guangzhou as the research subjects. Procrastination Assessment Scale- Student (PASS), The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21), Self Control Scale, and Short Version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS-SV) were used as measurement tools. Three questionnaire surveys were completed in October 2024 (T1), February 2025 (T2), and May 2025 (T3). Coss-lagged models were utilized to analyze the causal relationship between academic procrastination, negative emotions, self-control, and smartphone addiction. Results The SAS-SV scale for college students showed an average score of (40.52±1.96), with 43.1% of freshmen exhibiting smartphone addiction.Positive correlations were observed between academic procrastination, negative emotions, and smartphone addiction across different time points, while self-control exhibited negative correlations with these three variables (r=0.30-0.62, -0.72 to -0.34, all P < 0.05). Cross-lagged model results indicated that academic procrastination and negative emotions at T1 and T2 positively predicted smartphone addiction at T2 and T3 (T1→T2, β=0.22, 0.35; T2→T3, β=0.21, 0.24; all P < 0.05). Self-control negatively predicted smartphone addiction (T1→T2, β=-0.32; T2→T3, β=-0.26; both P < 0.05). In reverse-causality regression models, smartphone addiction at T1 and T2 positively predicted academic procrastination and negative emotions at T2 and T3 (T1→T2, β=0.09, 0.24; T2→T3, β=0.10, 0.35; all P < 0.05), but no statistically significant predictions were found for self-control (T1→T2, β=-0.04; T2→T3, β=-0.03; both P>0.05). Conclusion Academic procrastination and negative emotions exhibit bidirectional causality with smartphone addiction among college students, while self-control unidirectionally predicts smartphone addiction.
- Emotions,
- Ego,
- Behavior, addictive,
- Mental health,
- Students

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