Table 2. The mediating effects of self-control on time perspective and MPA.

Time perspective	Effects	Estimates	Boot SE	Boot LLCI	Boot ULCI	p
PP	PP →SC →MPA	0.009	0.008	−0.006	0.025	0.222
		PP →MPA	−0.010	0.011	−0.034	0.011	0.347
	PP Total effect	−0.001	0.013	−0.026	0.024	0.947
PN	PN →SC→MPA	0.034***	0.008	0.020	0.051	0.000
		PN →MPA	0.008	0.009	−0.010	0.026	0.377
	PN Total effect	0.042***	0.009	0.024	0.060	0.000
PH	PH →SC →MPA	0.038***	0.010	0.020	0.060	0.000
		PH →MPA	0.001	0.013	−0.025	0.025	0.955
	PH Total effect	0.039**	0.013	0.013	0.063	0.004
PF	PF →SC →MPA	0.047***	0.008	0.031	0.065	0.000
		PF →MPA	0.015	0.011	−0.008	0.037	0.211
	PF Total effect	0.062**	0.011	0.041	0.083	0.001
	F →SC →MPA	−0.093***	0.014	−0.123	−0.069	0.000
F	F →MPA	0.062**	0.017	0.030	0.098	0.000
	F Total effect	−0.031	0.015	−0.059	0.001	0.053

Notes.

PP

Past Positive

PN

Past Negative

PH

Present Hedonistic

PF

Present Fatalistic

F

Future

SC

Self-control

MPA

Mobile Phone Addiction

The “Effects” column shows indirect effects, direct effects, and total effects in order.

^**p < 0.01

^***p < 0.001