Relationship between Factors Directing Interpersonal Interaction: Mediation Role of Anxiety Sensitivity
Volume 5 Issue 3(October 2023)
Lokman KOÇAK Eyüp ÇELİK Hasan BATMAZ Beyza Nur TUFAN Samet MAKAS
Pages: 198-210 Download Count : 235 View Count: 309 DOI Number 10.55236/tuara.1353007 Facebook Twitter Share on Google+
Abstract:
The objective of this study was to determine the mediation role of anxiety sensitivity in the relationship between interpersonal competence and phubbing. The study was an observational cross-sectional study based on a survey with the aim of determining the mediation role of anxiety sensitivity in the relationship between interpersonal competence and phubbing. In this context, data were collected from a convenience sample of 321 participants using the Phubbing Scale, Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3, and Interpersonal Competence Scale (ICC)-Short Form. Data were analyzed using regression-based mediation analysis and Pearson ’s correlation coefficient. The analysis demonstrated that phubbing was positively related to anxiety sensitivity and negatively related to interpersonal competence. Furthermore, the mediation analysis showed that anxiety sensitivity had a mediating effect on the relationship between interpersonal competence and phubbing. Furthermore, the bootstrap (10000) method was used to determine whether the mediation analysis was significant. These findings suggest that anxiety sensitivity partly explains the inverse relationship between interpersonal competence and phubbing. The research results support previous research results and have different findings from previous research. The findings of this research indicate that anxiety sensitivity is more effective than interpersonal competence in phubbing
Keywords
- Interpersonal competence
- phubbing
- anxiety sensitivity
- mediation model