Tolerance for ambiguity, reappraisal, and suppression mediate the relationship between problematic internet use and procrastination

Emadi Chashmi, SJ, Hasani, J, Kuss, DJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8917-782X, Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524 and Shahrajabian, F, 2023. Tolerance for ambiguity, reappraisal, and suppression mediate the relationship between problematic internet use and procrastination. Current Psychology, 42, pp. 27088-27109. ISSN 1046-1310

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Abstract

The current scientific literature lacks studies on the relationship between problematic internet use (PIU) and procrastination, especially regarding the mediating mechanisms underlying this relationship. The present study examined the association between procrastination and PIU, as well as determining the mediating roles of tolerance for ambiguity, reappraisal, and suppression. The conceptual model was tested using data collected from 434 Iranian college students. The participants completed a number of psychometric scales assessing procrastination, PIU, tolerance for ambiguity, reappraisal, and suppression. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesized model. Results showed that PIU, tolerance for ambiguity, and suppression were positively associated with procrastination, and that there was a negative association between reappraisal and procrastination. Moreover, the mediation analysis indicated that tolerance for ambiguity, reappraisal, and suppression fully mediated the association between PIU and procrastination. However, it is also possible to interpret the results as suggesting that PIU is unimportant as a predictor for procrastination once mediators are controlled for.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Current Psychology
Creators:	Emadi Chashmi, S.J., Hasani, J., Kuss, D.J., Griffiths, M.D. and Shahrajabian, F.
Publisher:	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date:	November 2023
Volume:	42
ISSN:	1046-1310
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s12144-022-03745-0 DOI 1607940 Other
Rights:	© The Author(s) 2022. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	11 Oct 2022 09:12
Last Modified:	13 Oct 2023 15:47
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/47237

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