The relationship between trait procrastination, Internet use, and psychological functioning : results from a community sample of German adolescents

dc.contributor.authorReinecke, Leonard
dc.contributor.authorMeier, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorBeutel, Manfred E.
dc.contributor.authorSchemer, Christian
dc.contributor.authorStark, Birgit
dc.contributor.authorWölfling, Klaus
dc.contributor.authorMüller, Kai
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-16T10:28:18Z
dc.date.available2018-07-16T12:28:18Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractAdolescents with a strong tendency for irrational task delay (i.e., high trait procrastination) may be particularly prone to use Internet applications simultaneously to other tasks (e.g., during homework) and in an insufficiently controlled fashion. Both Internet multitasking and insufficiently controlled Internet usage may thus amplify the negative mental health implications that have frequently been associated with trait procrastination. The present study explored this role of Internet multitasking and insufficiently controlled Internet use for the relationship between trait procrastination and impaired psychological functioning in a community sample of N = 818 early and middle adolescents. Results from multiple regression analyses indicate that trait procrastination was positively related to Internet multitasking and insufficiently controlled Internet use. Insufficiently controlled Internet use, but not Internet multitasking, was found to partially statistically mediate the association between trait procrastination and adolescents’ psychological functioning (i.e., stress, sleep quality, and relationship satisfaction with parents). The study underlines that adolescents with high levels of trait procrastination may have an increased risk for negative outcomes of insufficiently controlled Internet use.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipDFG, Open Access-Publizieren Universität Mainz / Universitätsmedizin
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-384
dc.identifier.urihttps://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/386
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:hebis:77-publ-583515
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0de_DE
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.ddc150 Psychologiede_DE
dc.subject.ddc150 Psychologyen_GB
dc.titleThe relationship between trait procrastination, Internet use, and psychological functioning : results from a community sample of German adolescentsen_GB
dc.typeZeitschriftenaufsatzde_DE
jgu.journal.titleFrontiers in psychology
jgu.journal.volume9
jgu.organisation.departmentFB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport
jgu.organisation.departmentFB 04 Medizin
jgu.organisation.nameJohannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
jgu.organisation.number7910
jgu.organisation.number2700
jgu.organisation.placeMainz
jgu.organisation.rorhttps://ror.org/023b0x485
jgu.pages.alternativeArt. 913
jgu.publisher.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00913
jgu.publisher.issn1664-1078
jgu.publisher.nameFrontiers Research Foundation
jgu.publisher.placeLausanne
jgu.publisher.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00913
jgu.publisher.year2018
jgu.rights.accessrightsopenAccess
jgu.subject.ddccode150
jgu.type.dinitypeArticle
jgu.type.resourceText
jgu.type.versionPublished versionen_GB
opus.affiliatedReinecke, Leonard
opus.affiliatedMeier, Adrian
opus.affiliatedBeutel, Manfred E.
opus.affiliatedSchemer, Christian
opus.affiliatedStark, Birgit
opus.affiliatedWölfling, Klaus
opus.affiliatedMüller, Kai
opus.date.accessioned2018-07-16T10:28:18Z
opus.date.available2018-07-16T12:28:18
opus.date.modified2018-12-07T11:28:47Z
opus.identifier.opusid58351
opus.institute.number0205
opus.institute.number0434
opus.metadataonlyfalse
opus.organisation.stringFB 02: Sozialwissenschaften, Medien und Sport: Institut für Publizistikde_DE
opus.organisation.stringFB 04: Medizin: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapiede_DE
opus.subject.dfgcode02-111
opus.type.contenttypeKeinede_DE
opus.type.contenttypeNoneen_GB

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