AUTHOR=Qian Ling , Wang Die , Jiang Min , Wu Wei , Ni Congying 

TITLE=The Impact of Family Functioning on College Students’ Loneliness: Chain-Mediating Effects of Core Self-Evaluation and Problematic Mobile Phone Use

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.915697

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.915697

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Purpose: To examine the influence of family functioning on college students' loneliness and the mediating effects of core self-evaluation and problematic mobile phone use. Methods: Family Function Scale, Core Self-evaluation Scale, Problem Mobile Phone Use Scale and Loneliness Scale were used to investigate 8524 college students. Results: (1) Family functioning positively predicted core self-evaluation and negatively predicted loneliness; (2) Core self-evaluation negatively predicted problematic mobile phone use and loneliness; (3) Problematic mobile phone use significantly positively predicted loneliness; (4) Core self-evaluation and problematic mobile phone use showed a significant chain-mediation effect between family functioning and loneliness. Conclusion: The results are helpful to comprehend the producing mechanism of loneliness and provide a theoretical basis for the intervention of loneliness.