Future Time Perspective and Bedtime Procrastination: The Mediating Role of Dual-Mode Self-Control and Problematic Smartphone Use

Bo Mao, Shuai Chen, Mingchen Wei, Yali Luo () and Yanling Liu ()
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Bo Mao: Research Center of Mental Health Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Shuai Chen: Research Center of Mental Health Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Mingchen Wei: Research Center of Mental Health Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Yali Luo: Center of Mental Health Education, Southwest University of Political Science & Law, Baosheng Avenue No. 301, Chongqing 401120, China
Yanling Liu: Research Center of Mental Health Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 16, 1-12

Abstract: This study examined bedtime procrastination predictors and the development process concerning health behavior. Based on temporal self-regulation theory and the self-regulatory framework of time perspective, we examined the effects of future time perspective, dual-model of self-control, and problematic smartphone use on bedtime procrastination. Further, including the mediating role of dual-mode self-control and problematic smartphone use in the effects of future time perspective on bedtime procrastination among 3687 participants (38.73% male; M age = 16.17 years, SD = 2.42, range = 11–23) Chinese students. The results showed that the future time perspective, dual-mode self-control, and problematic smartphone use had significant predictive effects on bedtime procrastination. Importantly, the negative effect of future time perspective on bedtime procrastination is mediated by the impulse system, control system, and problematic smartphone use separately and serially mediated by the impulse system and problematic smartphone use, rather than the control system and problematic smartphone use; these findings extend previous research on the contributing factors of bedtime procrastination and provide an empirical basis for promoting people to form healthy sleep habits.

Keywords: future time perspective; bedtime procrastination; dual-mode of self-control; problematic smartphone use; temporal self-regulation theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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