AUTHOR=Toma Roxana Andreea , Anderson Craig A. , Matichescu Marius , Franţ Anca , Almǎjan-Guţă Bogdan , Cândea Adela , Bailey Kira 

TITLE=Effects of media use, smart phone addiction, and adult ADHD symptoms on wellbeing of college students during the COVID-19 lockdown: Dispositional hope as a protective factor

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1019976

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1019976

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Introduction</title><p>The present study investigated the role of dispositional hope as a potential protective factor moderator in the relationship between adult ADHD symptoms, media use/smart phone addiction and wellbeing during the period of isolation because of the COVID-19 pandemic among students in Romania.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>A sample of 333 college students (86.8% female and 13.2% male) between the age of 18 and 47 with a mean of 20.6 years old from West University of Timişoara completed online surveys. Mediation and moderation analyses were performed to assess the associations among the variables.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results confirmed the negative associations of both adult ADHD and smartphone addiction with overall wellbeing. The smartphone addiction/ wellbeing association was moderated by dispositional hopefulness, such that high hopefulness served as a protective factor [<italic>b</italic> = −0.008, 95% percentile CI (−0.0134; −0.0012)].</p></sec><sec><title>Discussion</title><p>Implications for the educational environment are discussed.</p></sec>