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.

Metacognitions about problematic Smartphone use: Development of a self-report measure

2020 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 106484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Casale ◽  
Luisa Caponi ◽  
Giulia Fioravanti
Keyword(s):  
Self Report ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Report Measure

scholarly journals Penggunaan Smartphone Bermasalah Pada Siswa SMA Serta Implikasinya Bagi Pelayanan Bimbingan dan Konseling di Sekolah

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-105
Author(s):  
Nira Prihatin Nufus ◽  
Susi Fitri ◽  
Murti Kusuma Wirasti
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Social Motivation ◽  
Guidance And Counseling ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
School Students ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Problematic Use ◽  
Service Programs ◽  
Smartphone Use

Excessive use of smartphones can lead to problematic smartphone use. Problematic smartphone use is a person's inability to regulate smartphone use, which results in many negative consequences in everyday life. This study aims to determine the problematic description of smartphone use in high school students in the Bogor area. This research uses a quantitative approach with descriptive methods. The sampling technique was using the purposive sampling technique. The research instrument used was the MPPUSA (Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale for Adolescent) adaptation instrument. Its aspects consist of tolerance, escape from problems, craving, withdrawal, negative consequences, and social motivation. The results of the instrument trial obtained a reliability coefficient of 0.877. The questionnaire was distributed online using the Google Forms application, with 188 respondents (45 male respondents and 143 female respondents). The scale used is the five-point Likert scale. The results showed that the category of problematic use was 8.50%, the users were at risk of 43.62%, habitual use was 40.96%, and occasional users were 6.91%. The highest percentage of problematic smartphone use aspects is the escape from problem aspect of 67.84% and the lowest is the withdrawal aspect of 43.09%. The implication of the results of this study can be used as a needs analysis in making guidance and counseling service programs in schools by guidance and counseling teachers.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on a cohort of eating disorders patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo P. P. Machado ◽  
Ana Pinto-Bastos ◽  
Rita Ramos ◽  
Tânia F. Rodrigues ◽  
Elsa Louro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Specialized Hospital ◽  
Impact Scale ◽  
Difficulties In Emotion Regulation ◽  
Clinical Impairment ◽  
Current Survey ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Lockdown implemented to prevent the COVID-19 spread resulted in marked changes in the lifestyle. The objective of the current study was to assess the impact of lockdown measures on a cohort of eating disorder (ED) patients being followed as part of an ongoing naturalistic treatment study. Methods Ninety-nine patients aged 18 or older, currently or previously, in treatment at a Portuguese specialized hospital unit were contacted by phone and invited to participate in the current survey. Fifty-nine agreed to be interviewed by phone, and 43 agreed to respond to a set of self-report measures of ED symptoms, emotion regulation difficulties, clinical impairment, negative urgency, and COVID-19 impact, during the week after the end of the lockdown period. Results Data showed that of the 26 patients currently in treatment: 8 remained unchanged (31%), 7 deteriorated (27%), and 11 reliably improved (42%). Of the 17 participants not currently in treatment: 3 deteriorated (18%), 9 remained unchanged (53%), and 5 (29%) improved after the lockdown period. The Coronavirus Impact Scale showed that most patients considered their routines moderately or extremely impacted, experienced stress related to coronavirus, and showed difficulty in maintaining physical exercise and feeding routines. Results suggest that higher impact of COVID-19 lockdown was significantly correlated with eating disorder symptoms and associated psychopathology, impulsivity, difficulties in emotion regulation and clinical impairment measured at post-lockdown. In addition, the impact of COVID-19 and lockdown measures on clinical impairment was mediated by difficulties in emotion regulation. Conclusions Findings suggest that some ED patients may experience worsening of their condition, especially if associated with difficulties in emotion regulation, and these difficulties might be exacerbated in the context of a stressful crisis and lockdown measures, highlighting the need for intervention strategies to mitigate its negative impact.

Experimentally observed responses to humor are related to individual differences in emotion perception and regulation in everyday life

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilona Papousek ◽  
Günter Schulter ◽  
Helmut K. Lackner ◽  
Andrea Samson ◽  
H. Harald Freudenthaler
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Emotion Perception ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Experimental Paradigm ◽  
Response Latencies ◽  
Adaptive Trait ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Cognitive Understanding

AbstractThis study aimed to investigate the relevance of an individual's typical emotion perception and emotion regulation behavior to his or her responsiveness to humor. This was studied behaviorally by examining responses to different types of humorous stimuli in an experimental paradigm, in a sample of n = 54 participants aged between 18 to 41 years (29 women, 25 men). Individual differences in emotion perception and regulation were assessed by relevant subscales of an established self-report instrument. Higher scores on emotion perception were related to higher amusement ratings in response to the humorous stimuli. Higher scores on emotion regulation were associated with shorter response latencies for the amusement ratings, particularly when it was important to mentalize with the characters in the cartoons in order to understand the humor. The cognitive understanding of the humor was unaffected. The findings suggest that good emotion perception and emotion regulation skills may contribute to greater humor responsiveness in everyday life, which may be an adaptive trait promoting successful functioning and resilience.

scholarly journals Self and Other Ratings of Problematic Smartphone Use: The Role of Personality and Relationship Type

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Horwood ◽  
Jeromy Anglim
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Relationship Type ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Common Method Bias ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Method Bias ◽  
The Relationship

Reliance on self-report to measure problematic smartphone use is a limitation of the extant literature. It is unclear whether self- and other-ratings of problematic smartphone use converge and whether correlations between personality and self-reported problematic smartphone use are distorted by common method bias. The current study provides the first comprehensive assessment of self-other agreement of problematic smartphone use and the relationship between personality and other-rated problematic smartphone use in a large sample of young adults. Focal participants (n = 1073) were Australian university students who completed measures of Big Five (IPIP) and HEXACO (HEXACO PI-R) personality, and problematic smartphone use. One or more people who knew the focal participant well (n = 2445) rated the focal participant's problematic smartphone use. People rated their own smartphone use as more problematic than did others. Self- and other-ratings of problematic smartphone use correlated 0.38. The pattern of self-other and other-other correlations indicated that self-ratings were more accurate than other-ratings. The pattern of high neuroticism and low conscientiousness predicting greater problematic smartphone use was observed for both self- and other-ratings. Findings suggest that self-report measures are reasonably valid, problematic smartphone usage is observable, and the relationship between personality and problematic smartphone use is robust.

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 Altered Functional Connectivity of the Salience Network in Problematic Smartphone Users

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaeun Ahn ◽  
Deokjong Lee ◽  
Kee Namkoong ◽  
Young-Chul Jung
Keyword(s):  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Resting State ◽  
Central Executive ◽  
Salience Network ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Default Mode ◽  
Smartphone Use

Smartphones provide convenience in everyday life. Smartphones, however, can elicit adverse effects when used excessively. The purpose of this study was to examine the underlying neurobiological alterations that arise from problematic smartphone use. We performed resting state seed-based functional connectivity (FC) analysis of 44 problematic smartphone users and 54 healthy controls. This analysis assessed the salience, central executive, default mode, and affective networks. Compared to controls, problematic smartphone users showed enhanced FC within the salience network and between the salience and default mode network. Moreover, we observed decreased FC between the salience and central executive network in problematic smartphone users, compared to controls. These results imply that problematic smartphone use is associated with aberrant FC in key brain networks. Our results suggest that changes in FC of key networks centered around the salience network might be associated with problematic smartphone use.

scholarly journals Problematic Smartphone Use in Spanish and Italian University Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10255
Author(s):  
Rosabel Roig-Vila ◽  
Paz Prendes-Espinosa ◽  
Mayra Urrea-Solano
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
University Students ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Problematic Use ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
The World ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

Sustainable education requires the proper usage of technological devices. Among these is the smartphone, which is used by millions of young people around the world in today’s society. The objective of this study was to understand the smartphone usage profile of Spanish and Italian university students. It also aimed to identify possible problematic uses, and the differences in smartphone use (or abuse) between the participating subjects. The study was descriptive and comparative, with the intentional sampling of N = 1412 subjects studying at the education faculties of the University of Alicante (UA) and the Suor Orsola Benincasa University (UNISOB). A previously-validated questionnaire with 27 items was employed during the 2019–20 academic year. The data was analysed using the SPSS 25 programme. Descriptive and inferential analyses were carried out. The results obtained after the analysis of the data indicated that, of the four possible user types—occasional, habitual, at risk, and problematic—more than half of the sample identified themselves as habitual users. It can be concluded that there are significant differences between the universities: the UA students exhibited more problematic use than the UNISOB students. It is therefore necessary to prepare training programmes that are designed to avert problematic behaviours related to smartphone use.

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