Anxiety sensitivity mediates relations between anxiety (but not depression) and problematic smartphone use severity, adjusting for age and sex, in Chinese adolescents early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Autor: | Hallauer CJ; Department of Psychology University of Toledo Toledo Ohio USA., Rooney EA; Department of Psychology University of Toledo Toledo Ohio USA., Yang H; Academy of Psychology and Behavior Tianjin Normal University Tianjin China., Meng Q; School Health Care Institute Tianjin China., Montag C; Department of Molecular Psychology Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University Ulm Germany.; neuSCAN Laboratory, Clinical Hospital of the Chengdu Brain Science Institute and Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Chengdu China., Elhai JD; Department of Psychology University of Toledo Toledo Ohio USA.; Department of Psychiatry University of Toledo Toledo Ohio USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Human behavior and emerging technologies [Hum Behav Emerg Technol] 2021 Dec; Vol. 3 (5), pp. 788-797. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 19. |
| DOI: | 10.1002/hbe2.319 |
| Abstrakt: | Risk factors for problematic smartphone use (PSU) have rapidly become an important area of research due to the prevalence of smartphones and functional impairment associated with PSU. Our aim was to examine relations between established predictors of PSU (depression and anxiety) and a potential mediator of PSU (anxiety sensitivity; AS). Participants ( N = 4752) from junior and senior high schools in Tianjin, China completed a web-based survey with measures of depression, anxiety, AS, and PSU. Descriptive and inferential analyses revealed significant differences between males and females on depression severity, and between junior and senior high school students on AS and PSU severity. Results of structural equation modeling indicated that anxiety was positively associated with AS when adjusting for depression; and AS was significantly associated with greater PSU severity, adjusting for age and sex. Additionally, AS mediated relations between anxiety and PSU severity. Current findings on AS are consistent with theoretical models of problematic internet use (Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution) and previous research linking AS to other kinds of behavioral addictions (e.g., smoking, alcohol use). Competing Interests: The authors do not have any conflicts of interest to report. (© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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