The relationship between self-control and obsessive-compulsive symptoms: the chain mediating effect of procrastination and anxiety
10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20221214-00755
- VernacularTitle:自我控制与强迫症状的关系：拖延与焦虑的链式中介作用
- Author:
Muhetaer PALIZHATI·
1
;
Xiaofan YANG
;
Ping HU
Author Information
1. 中国人民大学心理学系，北京 100872
- Keywords:
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms;
Self-control;
Procrastination;
Anxiety;
Chain mediating effect
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2023;32(8):727-732
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the relationship between self-control and obsessive-compulsive symptoms(OCS), and the mediating role of procrastination and anxiety in this relation.Methods:Totally 6 367 Chinese college students were recruited to complete the Chinese version of the self-control scale, the Aitken procrastination inventory, and the symptom checklist-90.Descriptive analysis and Pearson correlation were carried out using SPSS 23.0.Mplus 7.4 was used to test the model fit.The mediating effects were tested using the Bootstrap method.Results:Pearson correlation analysis showed that there were significant correlations among self-control, procrastination, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms ( r=-0.71-0.78, P<0.01). Mediation modeling analysis showed that the total indirect effect of self-control on OCS was -0.303, accounting for 63.13% of the total effect.The mediating effect of procrastination between self-control and OCS was -0.045, accounting for 9.38% of the total effect.The mediating effect of anxiety between self-control and OCS was -0.239, accounting for 49.79% of the total effect.Moreover, the chain mediating effect of procrastination and anxiety between self-control and OCS was also significant, with an effect value of -0.019, accounting for 3.96% of the total effect. Conclusion:Self-control can negatively predict OCS, procrastination and anxiety play a chain mediating role in the effect of self-control on OCS.
