Mediation Model Test: Smartphone Dependence Among Chinese College Students, 2025

Hubei Province, China, provided the context for a survey of 600 college students in January 2025. The dataset contains results from a questionnaire investigating the mediating roles of mental toughness and social adaptability between self-control and smartphone dependence. Author Quanwei Shen used SPSS PROCESS Model 6 for mediation analysis.

Use Cases

• Test mediation models based on the described relationships between self-control, mental toughness, social adaptability, and smartphone dependence.
• Analyze correlations between psychological constructs based on the significant negative and positive correlations reported in the study.
• Investigate predictors of technology overuse among young adults based on the survey of college students.
• Replicate chain mediation analysis based on the described use of SPSS PROCESS Model 6.

Strengths

• Dataset is small (5.5 KB), facilitating quick download and inspection.
• Survey includes 600 respondents, providing a basis for statistical analysis.
• Clear research objective and analysis method (SPSS PROCESS Model 6) are documented in the description.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a single province (Hubei) and time point (January 2025), which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Quanwei Shen.

Collection Method

Questionnaire survey using convenience and quota sampling.

Time Range

January 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 17:36:14; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Hubei Province, China