Comparing generalized and specific problematic smartphone/internet use: Longitudinal relationships between smartphone application-based addiction and social media addiction and psychological distress.

Autor: Chen IH; 1School of Education Science, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou 363000, PR China., Pakpour AH; 2Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Islamic Republic of Iran.; 3Department of Nursing, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden., Leung H; 4UOW College Hong Kong / Community College of City University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong., Potenza MN; 5Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and the Child Study Center, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.; 6Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling, Wethersfield, CT, USA.; 7Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT, USA., Su JA; 8Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Medical Foundation, Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Chiayi, Puzi City, Taiwan.; 9School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.; 10Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Institute of Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan., Lin CY; 11Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong., Griffiths MD; 12International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of behavioral addictions [J Behav Addict] 2020 Jun 26; Vol. 9 (2), pp. 410-419. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 26 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.1556/2006.2020.00023
Abstrakt: Background and Aims: The literature has proposed two types of problematic smartphone/internet use: generalized problematic use and specific problematic use. However, longitudinal findings on the associations between the two types of problematic use and psychological distress are lacking among East-Asians. The present study examined temporal associations between both generalized and specific problematic use of the smartphone/internet, and psychological distress.
Methods: Hong Kong University students (N = 308; 100 males; mean age = 23.75 years; SD ± 5.15) were recruited with follow-ups at three, six, and nine months after baseline assessment. All participants completed the Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (for generalized problematic smartphone/internet use), the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (for specific problematic smartphone/internet use), and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (for psychological distress) in each assessment. Latent growth modeling (LGM) was constructed to understand temporal associations between generalized/specific problematic use and psychological distress.
Results: The LGM suggested that the intercept of generalized problematic use was significantly associated with the intercept of psychological distress (standardized coefficient [β] = 0.32; P < 0.01). The growth of generalized problematic use was significantly associated with the growth of psychological distress (β = 0.51; P < 0.01). Moreover, the intercept of specific problematic use was significantly associated with the intercept of psychological distress (β = 0.28; P < 0.01) and the growth of psychological distress (β = 0.37; P < 0.01).
Conclusion: The initial level of problematic use of smartphone/internet increased the psychological distress among university students. Helping young adults address problematic use of the smartphone/internet may prevent psychological distress.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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