Examination of the Relation Between PTSD Symptoms, Smartphone Feature Uses, and Problematic Smartphone Use

Contractor, Ateka A.; Weiss, Nicole H.; Elhai, Jon D.

doi:10.1177/0894439318770745

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“…Finally, the SIS dimensions can be used to identify clusters of individuals characterized by different profiles of smartphone impacts, detecting the typologies of users at risk to develop PSU. These profiles could be then compared with profiles derived from the two main typologies of smartphone usage, namely process (i.e., content-based consumption of media) and social (i.e., functionalities that involve interactions among users) use, to deepen the relationship between smartphone impacts and its actual use and to identify more specific categories of smartphone users (Contractor et al, 2019; Elhai & Contractor, 2018; Elhai, Hall, et al, 2017).…”

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“…As hypothesized, smartphone tasks support was positively associated with the use of a series of smartphone functionalities that helps individuals in manage daily activities. The highest correlation was found with calendar and notes apps, but a number of other process-oriented functionalities (i.e., content-based functionalities; Contractor, Weiss, & Elhai, 2019;Elhai & Contractor, 2018; were associated with this dimension. Some of these further functionalities (i.e., e-mail apps, navigation systems) showed significant correlations only with Smartphone tasks support, supporting its construct validity.…”

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The Psychology of Smartphone: The Development of the Smartphone Impact Scale (SIS)

2019

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Smartphones are changing lives in a number of ways. However, the psychological literature has primarily focused on smartphone overuse, neglecting the impacts that are not strictly related to problematic use. The present research was aimed to develop a comprehensive self-report scale that accounts for the cognitive, affective, social, and behavioral impacts of smartphones in everyday life—the Smartphone Impact Scale (SIS). Study 1 ( N = 407) yielded a preliminary version of the scale, which was refined in Study 2 ( N = 601). The SIS is a 26-item scale that measures seven dimensions of smartphone impact. Results revealed meaningful associations between its subscales, psychosocial constructs, and daily usage of smartphones and apps. The SIS broadens the view of human–smartphone interaction by extending the concept of problematic smartphone use to further dimensions (e.g., emotion regulation) and introducing a proper measurement of underinvestigated smartphone impacts (e.g., tasks support). The implications of each SIS subscale are discussed.

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The Psychology of Smartphone: The Development of the Smartphone Impact Scale (SIS)

2019

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“…Both process- and social-led smartphone characteristic uses are associated with greater PSU (that is excessive utilization of smartphones increases risk of PSU) ( 57 ). PSU has certain patterns depending on age, with preponderance of authority, mood alteration, and discord in prepubescence, and patience, withdrawal symptoms, and indisposition in pubescence ( 58 ).…”

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The Psychology of Addictive Smartphone Behavior in Young Adults: Problematic Use, Social Anxiety, and Depressive Stress

Pera

2020

Front. Psychiatry

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This review enhances the existing literature on relationships between problematic smartphone use (PSU), psychopathology, addictive personality, and online social engagement as regards young adults, giving attention to predictive determinants of addictive behavior in smartphone usage. My article cumulates previous research findings on the psychology of addictive smartphone behavior in terms of problematic use, social anxiety, and depressive stress by focusing on the relationship among mobile social media usage, smartphone addiction risk, mental health issues, and individual well-being. The inspected collected findings prove that depression and social anxiety constitute risk determinants for greater PSU and that particular categories of smartphone applications are positively related to well-being. State anxiety and motivations represent significant predictors of PSU. High PSU affects participation in social engagement. As limitations in the current review, my results point towards relevant avenues of research on social consequences of teenagers’ smartphone problematic use. Future directions should clarify whether compulsive smartphone use adversely affects both mental and physical health in the long run.

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“…In addition to impulsivity and personality traits, excessive mobile phone use was found to be comorbid with other psychopathologies, as in the case of PTSD symptoms (Contractor et al, 2018) or internalised psychopathology, including symptoms of anxiety, stress and depression (Babadi-Akashe et al, 2014;Elhai et al, 2017, Wang et al, 2015. Smartphones may serve as an instrument that guarantees personal safety, especially for individuals with panic disorder (King et al, 2010), and it may be an avoidance strategy of direct interactions for people presenting with social anxiety (Enez Darcin et al, 2016).…”

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Problematic smartphone use: An empirically validated model

Pivetta

Harkin

Billieux

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Computers in Human Behavior

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Given the prominent role that smartphones have in everyday life, research in the field has proliferated. From a theoretical perspective, problematic smartphone use (PSPU) is described as a multi-faceted phenomenon entailing a variety of dysfunctional manifestations (e.g., addictive, antisocial and dangerous use). To date, however, there is still a lack of empirical evidence supporting the identification of PSPU as a potential behavioural addiction. Driven by theory, the aim of the present study was to provide an empirically validated model by testing the contribution of specific factors leading to PSPU. Relationships among individual characteristics (internalised psychopathology, impulsivity and personality traits) and PSPU uses (addictive, antisocial and dangerous) were investigated according to the updated version of the theoretical framework provided by the Pathway Model of problematic smartphone use (Billieux et al., 2015). An online survey was administered to a convenience sample (N = 511) of smartphone users in order to examine their daily engagement, problematic usage patterns and related psychological correlates. Path analysis revealed important information about different PSPU components and results are discussed in light of the available literature. Recommendations for future research are proposed to further investigate the problematic behaviour, including the study of additional variables, such as the fear of missing out (FoMO), nomophobia and excessive social media use.

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Examination of the Relation Between PTSD Symptoms, Smartphone Feature Uses, and Problematic Smartphone Use

Cited by 22 publications

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The Psychology of Smartphone: The Development of the Smartphone Impact Scale (SIS)

The Psychology of Smartphone: The Development of the Smartphone Impact Scale (SIS)

The Psychology of Addictive Smartphone Behavior in Young Adults: Problematic Use, Social Anxiety, and Depressive Stress

Problematic smartphone use: An empirically validated model

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