Why are Individuals with Alexithymia Symptoms More Likely to Have Mobile Phone Addiction? The Multiple Mediating Roles of Social Interaction Anxiousness and Boredom Proneness

Previous studies have investigated the relationship between alexithymia and problematic mobile phone use (PMPU). However, yet gaps in identifying the internal mechanisms of this relationship remain. Hence, based on the Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution model, the current research examined the mediating roles of college students' social interaction anxiousness (SIA) and boredom proneness (BPS) in the relationship between...