scholarly journals Severity of depression and anxiety in relation to problematic smartphone use in the United Arab Emirates: The mediational roles of rumination and fear of missing out

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahir Vally ◽  
Ahmad M. Alghraibeh ◽  
Jon D. Elhai
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Fear Of Missing Out ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Severity Of Depression

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 Dark Triad of Personality and Problematic Smartphone Use: A Preliminary Study on the Mediating Role of Fear of Missing Out

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8463
Author(s):  
Rocco Servidio ◽  
Mark D. Griffiths ◽  
Zsolt Demetrovics
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Fear Of Missing Out ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Smartphone Use

The present study examined whether the relationship between the Dark Triad (DT) of personality and problematic smartphone use (PSU) can be explained by the mediating role of fear of missing out (FoMO). The role of FoMO in this relationship has yet to be examined. A total of 457 participants completed an online survey. Results indicated that males scored high on measures assessing DT of personality, while females scored high on PSU. Structural equation modelling showed that narcissism was directly associated with PSU. FoMO partially mediated the association between narcissism and PSU. Machiavellianism and narcissism were directly associated with FoMO. In the fully mediated model, narcissism (but not Machiavellianism) was still associated with FoMO, and in turn, FoMO was related to PSU. Although preliminary, the results of the present study indicated that Machiavellianism and narcissism might represent antecedents of FoMO, in addition to the Big Five personality traits, and both could be involved in the development of PSU.

Depression, anxiety and fear of missing out as correlates of social, non-social and problematic smartphone use

2020 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 106335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon D. Elhai ◽  
Elizabeth F. Gallinari ◽  
Dmitri Rozgonjuk ◽  
Haibo Yang
Keyword(s):  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Fear Of Missing Out ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Anxiety And Fear

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
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