Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Personality, and Problematic Smartphone Use

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Horwood ◽  
Jeromy Anglim
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Smartphone Use

scholarly journals The effect of self control and emotion regulation difficulties on the problematic smart phone use of young people

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-308
Author(s):  
Mehmet Şakiroğlu
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Young People ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Difficulties In Emotion Regulation ◽  
Smartphone Use

The use of smart phones is quite common among young people. This may sometimes cause problems. Different steps are being taken in the schools regarding the rules that students should follow for the use of telephone. However, student-oriented solutions are needed. The main aim of this study is to reveal the role of self-control, difficulties in emotion regulation and having pet on problematic smartphone use. The sample consisted of 296 university students. In this study, “Personal Information Form”, “Brief Self-Control Scale”, “Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale” and “Smartphone Addiction Scale” were utilized to gather data. According to the findings of the research, high self-control ability and having a pet reduces the time spent on the use of problematic smart phone, whereas the difficulty of emotion control increases it. Findings are discussed within the framework of the related literature and some self-control and emotion regulation exercises were suggested for curricula.

scholarly journals The Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Problematic Smartphone Use: Comparison between Problematic and Non-Problematic Adolescent Users

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (17) ◽  
pp. 3142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Extremera ◽  
Quintana-Orts ◽  
Sánchez-Álvarez ◽  
Rey
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Cognitive Emotion Regulation ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Compulsive Behaviour ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Regulation Strategies

Prior work has suggested that individuals with deficits in emotion regulation skills are prone to compulsive behaviour and to following maladaptive coping strategies, such as smartphone overuse, to manage negative moods. Adolescence is a vulnerable developmental stage for deficits in emotion regulation, and these are linked to excessive smartphone use. The present study is the first to examine the links between the use of specific cognitive emotion regulation (CER) strategies and problematic smartphone use in a sample of adolescents. A total of 845 Spanish adolescents (455 females) completed the Spanish versions of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and the Smartphone Addiction Scale, along with a socio-demographic survey. The adolescents were divided into two groups: Non-problematic smartphone users (n = 491, 58.1%) and problematic smartphone users (n = 354, 41.9%). Significant group differences were found, with the problematic users reporting significantly higher scores for all maladaptive CER strategies, including higher self-blame, rumination, blaming of others and catastrophising. The results from logistic regression analyses show that rumination, catastrophising and blaming of others were the most important variables for distinguishing between the two groups, along with gender and parental control outside the home. In summary, these findings suggest the importance of specific maladaptive CER strategies in problematic smartphone use and provide insight for relevant targets for intervention designs.

The Psychology of Smartphone: The Development of the Smartphone Impact Scale (SIS)

Assessment ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 1176-1197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Pancani ◽  
Emanuele Preti ◽  
Paolo Riva
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Psychological Literature ◽  
Problematic Use ◽  
Impact Scale ◽  
Preliminary Version ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Item Scale

Smartphones are changing lives in a number of ways. However, the psychological literature has primarily focused on smartphone overuse, neglecting the impacts that are not strictly related to problematic use. The present research was aimed to develop a comprehensive self-report scale that accounts for the cognitive, affective, social, and behavioral impacts of smartphones in everyday life—the Smartphone Impact Scale (SIS). Study 1 ( N = 407) yielded a preliminary version of the scale, which was refined in Study 2 ( N = 601). The SIS is a 26-item scale that measures seven dimensions of smartphone impact. Results revealed meaningful associations between its subscales, psychosocial constructs, and daily usage of smartphones and apps. The SIS broadens the view of human–smartphone interaction by extending the concept of problematic smartphone use to further dimensions (e.g., emotion regulation) and introducing a proper measurement of underinvestigated smartphone impacts (e.g., tasks support). The implications of each SIS subscale are discussed.

scholarly journals Emotional Regulation Difficulties, Personality, and Problematic Smartphone Use

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Horwood ◽  
Jeromy Anglim
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Female Age ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Difficulties In Emotion Regulation ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
The Relationship

Emotion regulation has been proposed as a mechanism for the development of problematic smartphone use. In addition to examining the relationship between emotional regulation difficulties and problematic smartphone use, the current study sought to be the first to examine the relationship between subscales of emotion regulation difficulties and problematic smartphone use. It also sought to determine whether emotion regulation difficulties provide incremental prediction of problematic smartphone use over and above personality. Participants were 692 Australian university students (81% female; age in years M = 25.23, SD = 7.48). They completed a measure of problematic smartphone use, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, and a measure of Big Five personality (IPIP 120). Overall emotion regulation difficulties (r = .40) and impulse control difficulties (r = .42) were moderately associated with problematic smartphone use, as were the Big Five factors of neuroticism (r = .43) and conscientiousness (r = -.38). Although emotion regulation difficulties predicted problematic smartphone use, they did not provide incremental prediction over and above the Big Five. Findings indicate that personality is a robust predictor of problematic smartphone use. Emotion regulation difficulties, such as impulsivity, offer insights into the specific ways that personality is expressed in problematic smartphone use.

scholarly journals Exploring the Dimensions of Smartphone Distraction: Development, Validation, Measurement Invariance, and Latent Mean Differences of the Smartphone Distraction Scale (SDS)

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melina A. Throuvala ◽  
Halley M. Pontes ◽  
Ioannis Tsaousis ◽  
Mark D. Griffiths ◽  
Mike Rennoldson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Latent Mean Differences ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Mean Differences

Background: Distraction is a functional emotion regulation strategy utilized to relieve emotional distress. Within the attention economy perspective, distraction is increasingly associated with digital technology use, performance impairments and interference with higher-order cognitive processes. Research on smartphone distraction and its association with problematic smartphone use is still scarce and there is no available psychometric assessment tool to assess this cognitive and emotive process parsimoniously.Method: The present study reports the development and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Smartphone Distraction Scale (SDS) through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, construct validity, gender invariance, and latent mean differences. The study was conducted in a sample of British university students (N = 1,001; M = 21.10 years, SD = 2.77).Results: The 16-item SDS was best conceptualized in a four-factor model solution comprising attention impulsiveness, online vigilance, emotion regulation, and multitasking. Construct validity was established using relevant psychosocial and mental health measures, with SDS scores being moderately associated with deficient self-regulation and problematic social media use. Gender measurement invariance was achieved at the configural, metric, and scalar levels, and latent mean differences indicated that females had significantly higher means than males across all four SDS latent factors.Discussion: The SDS presents with several strengths, including its theoretical grounding, relatively short length, and sound psychometric properties. The SDS enables the assessment of distraction, which appears to be one of the pathways to problematic smartphone use facilitating overuse and overreliance on smartphones for emotion regulation processes. The assessment of distraction in relation to problematic use in vulnerable populations may facilitate interventions that could encourage metacognition and benefit these groups by allowing sustained productivity in an increasingly disrupted work and social environment.

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