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; Yanling Liu

doi:10.3390/ijerph191610334

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

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 19;19(16):10334. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610334.

Authors

Bo Mao¹, Shuai Chen¹, Mingchen Wei¹, Yali Luo², Yanling Liu¹

Affiliations

¹ Research Center of Mental Health Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
² Center of Mental Health Education, Southwest University of Political Science & Law, Baosheng Avenue No. 301, Chongqing 401120, China.

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: bedtime procrastination; dual-mode of self-control; future time perspective; problematic smartphone use; temporal self-regulation theory.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Female
Humans
Male
Procrastination*
Self-Control*
Sleep
Smartphone
Time Perception*

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Chongqing Federation of Social Science (grant number 2020SZ29), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University (grant number SWU1909106).