Citation

Wolniewicz CA, Tiamiyu MF, Weeks JW, Elhai JD. Psychiatry Res. 2018; 262: 618-623.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA; Laboratory for Traumatic Stress Studies, CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Electronic address: http://www.jon-elhai.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psychres.2017.09.058

PMID

28982630

Abstract

For many individuals, excessive smartphone use interferes with everyday life. In the present study, we recruited a non-clinical sample of 296 participants for a cross-sectional survey of problematic smartphone use, social and non-social smartphone use, and psychopathology-related constructs including negative affect, fear of negative and positive evaluation, and fear of missing out (FoMO).

RESULTS demonstrated that FoMO was most strongly related to both problematic smartphone use and social smartphone use relative to negative affect and fears of negative and positive evaluation, and these relations held when controlling for age and gender. Furthermore, FoMO (cross-sectionally) mediated relations between both fear of negative and positive evaluation with both problematic and social smartphone use. Theoretical implications are considered with regard to developing problematic smartphone use.

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Language: en

Keywords

Depression; Internet addiction; Smartphone addiction; Social anxiety