Excessive reassurance seeking mediates relations between rumination and problematic smartphone use

2020 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon D. Elhai ◽  
Dmitri Rozgonjuk ◽  
Ahmad M. Alghraibeh ◽  
Jason C. Levine ◽  
Ali A. Alafnan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Important Variable ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Reassurance Seeking ◽  
Excessive Reassurance Seeking ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Psychopathology Symptoms ◽  
Relationship Of

Aside from depression and anxiety, less is known about the relationship of problematic smartphone use (PSU) to other psychopathology- related variables. The authors' aim was to test previously neglected variables in relation to PSU: rumination and excessive reassurance seeking behavior (ERSB). The authors recruited 295 college students for a web-based survey of smartphone use frequency, PSU, depression and anxiety, ruminative thinking, and ERSB. The authors tested linear regression and mediation models, assessing rumination and ERSB as mediating associations between depression/anxiety severity with PSU, adjusting for age, sex, and smartphone use frequency. Results demonstrate that ERSB was significantly related to PSU severity, and ERSB mediated the association between rumination and PSU. Furthermore, the combination of rumination and ERSB mediated relations between both depression and anxiety severity with PSU. Results provide evidence for ERSB as an important variable in understanding relationships between psychopathology symptoms and PSU severity among college students.

Proneness to Boredom Mediates Relationships Between Problematic Smartphone Use With Depression and Anxiety Severity

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 707-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon D. Elhai ◽  
Juanita K. Vasquez ◽  
Samuel D. Lustgarten ◽  
Jason C. Levine ◽  
Brian J. Hall
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Anxiety Symptom ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Boredom Proneness

Research demonstrates that depression and anxiety symptom severity are related to problematic smartphone use (PSU). However, less is known about variables mediating these relationships. This study aimed to test whether proneness to boredom increased PSU. We also tested whether boredom proneness mediates relations between both depression and anxiety symptom severity with PSU. Using a cross-sectional design, we surveyed 298 American college students about their frequency of smartphone use, levels of PSU, depression, anxiety, and boredom proneness. Using structural equation modeling, we modeled depression and anxiety symptom severity predicting boredom proneness, in turn predicting levels of PSU and smartphone use frequency (SUF). Results demonstrate that boredom proneness predicted PSU, but not SUF. Boredom proneness mediated relations between both depression and anxiety symptom severity with PSU levels (but not usage frequency). We discuss the phenomenon in terms of depressed or anxious college students having difficulty attending to their schoolwork, subsequently experiencing boredom, and engaging in PSU to relieve their boredom.

scholarly journals Predictors of Problematic Smartphone Use: An Examination of the Integrative Pathways Model and the Role of Age, Gender, Impulsiveness, Excessive Reassurance Seeking, Extraversion, and Depression

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis Mitchell ◽  
Zaheer Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Reassurance Seeking ◽  
Mobile Phone Technology ◽  
Excessive Reassurance Seeking ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Pathways Model

Background: The progression of mobile phone technology has led to the development of multi-functional smartphones providing access to features such as social media, e-mail, and videos alongside the basic functions of a mobile phone. Increasing amounts of research has explored the potential addictive nature of smartphones to develop a theoretical framework that describes personality factors related to problematic use. The present study examined the Integrative Pathways Model and the effect of age, gender, impulsiveness, excessive reassurance seeking, extraversion, and depression on problematic smartphone use. Method: A total of 147 smartphone users (mean age = 30.96, SD = 12.97, 69.4% female) completed an online survey comprising of measures of problematic smartphone use, excessive reassurance seeking, extraversion, depression, and impulsiveness. Results: Age, impulsiveness, excessive reassurance seeking, and depression were all significantly related to problematic smartphone use, however extraversion was not significantly related. Furthermore, age and impulsiveness were significant independent predictors of problematic smartphone use. No gender differences were found. Conclusions: The findings presented several factors that predict problematic smartphone use, implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Boredom proneness and fear of missing out mediate relations between depression and anxiety with problematic smartphone use

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire A. Wolniewicz ◽  
Dmitri Rozgonjuk ◽  
Jon D. Elhai
Keyword(s):  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Fear Of Missing Out ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Boredom Proneness

scholarly journals Relationship of Problematic Smartphone Use, Sleep Quality, and Daytime Fatigue Among Quarantined Medical Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi Zhang ◽  
Ping Zeng ◽  
Joshua Tan ◽  
Siwei Sun ◽  
Minghao Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Sleep Disturbance ◽  
Mental Fatigue ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Physical Fatigue ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic brought about great transformation to medical education mode. Although mobile communication devices played a crucial role in online learning among quarantined university students, the potential smartphone addition problems, negative health behaviors, and psychological symptoms need considerable attention. This study examined the relationship of problematic smartphone use (PSU), sleep quality, and daytime fatigue among medical students.Methods: A web-based survey was conducted in six polyclinic hospitals in Beijing between February and May 2020. 1016 participants (26.01 ± 2.46 years, 65.16% female) completed self-report measurements including Short Version Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS-SV), Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS), and Subjective Fatigue Scale (FS). Spearman correlation coefficients and multiple regression models were used to analyze the association among PSU, sleep quality, and daytime fatigue. We used structural equation modeling to test the mediating effect of sleep quality between PSU and daytime fatigue.Results: 49.70% of the participants had PSU. Significant positive correlations were found among SAS-SV, AIS, and FS scores (r = 0.35–0.61, PS < 0.001). Subjects with PSU were more likely to report sleep disturbance (β = 1.07, P < 0.001, OR = 2.91, 95%CI = 2.17–3.91), physical fatigue (β = 1.16, P < 0.001, OR = 3.18, 95%CI = 2.45–4.15), and mental fatigue (β = 0.88, P < 0.001, OR = 2.42, 95%CI = 1.86–3.14). The indirect effect of PSU on physical fatigue and mental fatigue mediated by sleep quality accounted for 50.03 and 45.43% of the total effect, respectively.Conclusions: PSU was significantly associated with sleep disturbance and fatigue among medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sleep quality mediated the relationship between PSU and daytime fatigue. Our results provide valuable information for maintaining medical students' health status and constructing online education structures.

scholarly journals Effects of Basketball and Baduanjin Exercise Interventions on Problematic Smartphone Use and Mental Health among College Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Tao Xiao ◽  
Can Jiao ◽  
Jie Yao ◽  
Lin Yang ◽  
Yanjie Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Exercise Interventions ◽  
Health Indices ◽  
Smartphone Use

Problematic smartphone use (PSU) has become a prevalent issue worldwide. Previous studies suggest that physical exercising may effectively reduce smartphone users’ addiction levels. Comparisons and further evaluations on the long-term effects of different types of exercise-based interventions on treating PSU remain to be investigated. Objective. We investigated if group-based basketball and Baduanjin exercise (a type of Qigong) would reduce PSU and improve the mental health of college students and whether such effects would be sustained. A twelve-week experiment was conducted, where 96 eligible Chinese college students with PSU were randomly assigned to two intervention arms (i.e., basketball and Baduanjin exercises) and a control arm. Outcome measures, including PSU (measured by the Mobile Phone Addiction Index in Chinese (MPAI)) and mental health indices for anxiety (measured by Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SRAS)), loneliness (measured by the short-form of the UCLA Loneliness Scale (UCLA-LS)), inadequacy (measured by the revised Janis and Field’s Feelings of Inadequacy Scale (FIS)), and stress (measured by the Chinese version of Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS)) were collected at the baseline, the end of week 12, and the two-month follow-up. A Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) model for longitudinal data was utilized in analyses. Results. Both exercise interventions demonstrated significant effects on decreasing PSU (basketball: p < 0.01 ; Baduanjin: p < 0.01 ), feelings of anxiety (basketball: p < 0.01 ; Baduanjin: p = 0.04 ), loneliness (basketball: p < 0.01 ; Baduanjin: p < 0.01 ), inadequacy (basketball: p < 0.01 ; Baduanjin: p < 0.01 ), and perceived stress (basketball: p < 0.01 ; Baduanjin: p = 0.04 ), at the end of interventions. At two months after interventions, both exercise interventions demonstrated significant effects on decreasing PSU (basketball: p < 0.05 ; Baduanjin: p < 0.05 ), feelings of anxiety (basketball: p < 0.01 ; Baduanjin: p = 0.03 ), loneliness (basketball: p < 0.01 ; Baduanjin: p < 0.01 ), and inadequacy (basketball: p < 0.01 ; Baduanjin: p = 0.01 ), but not for feeling of stress. Furthermore, group-based basketball demonstrated larger improvements for all these significant results on reducing PSU and meanwhile improving their related mental health parameters among college students.

Instagram use frequency is associated with problematic smartphone use, but not with depression and anxiety symptom severity

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 400-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitri Rozgonjuk ◽  
Patrik Pruunsild ◽  
Kadi Jürimäe ◽  
Rosiine-Johanna Schwarz ◽  
Jaan Aru
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Anxiety Symptom ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Objectively Measured

Studies have demonstrated that social media use, as well as problematic smartphone use (PSU), are associated with psychopathology variables, such as depression and anxiety. However, it has not been studied how Instagram use frequency is associated with depression, anxiety, and PSU. The aim of this study was to investigate whether Instagram use frequency is related to these psychopathology variables. Three hundred and five active Instagram users ( Mage = 23.61, SDage = 5.33; 82.2% female) comprised the effective sample in this study. They responded to an online survey that included questionnaires regarding their Instagram and smartphone use, as well as about experiencing depression and anxiety symptoms. We also retrieved objectively measured Instagram use data. The results showed that although Instagram use frequency, depression, and anxiety were associated with PSU in bivariate analysis, Instagram use frequency did not have indirect effects in the relations between psychopathology variables and PSU. Furthermore, while younger age and female sex predicted Instagram use frequency, these socio-demographic variables did not predict PSU. According to our findings Instagram use frequency contributes to PSU, but it is not related to depression and anxiety.

Depression and anxiety symptoms are associated with problematic smartphone use under the COVID-19 epidemic: The mediation models

2021 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 105875
Author(s):  
Liangyi Jin ◽  
Zejun Hao ◽  
Jinzi Huang ◽  
Hafiza Rabia Akram ◽  
Muhammad Farhan Saeed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Mediation Models

Flow mediates the relationship between problematic smartphone use and satisfaction with life among college students

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Andrew D. Pearson ◽  
Chelsie M. Young ◽  
Faith Shank ◽  
Clayton Neighbors
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
The Relationship
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