Parental Attachment and Problematic Smartphone Use Among Chinese Young Adults: A Moderated Mediation Model of Interpersonal Adaptation and Self-control

Understanding juveniles’ problematic smartphone use and related influencing factors: A network perspective

“…In addition, loss of control is was a core symptom (factor) in this network. Many studies have revealed that low self-control exerts both a direct and an indirect role in causing PSU (Cho et al, 2017;Han, Geng, Jou, Gao, & Yang, 2017;Kim et al, 2016;Lee & Cho, 2015;Sok, Seong, & Ryu, 2019;Xiang et al, 2020;Zhang, Tan, & Lei, 2020), so researchers believe it is an extremely important element of PSU. In addition, self-control both connects individual variables (e.g., loneliness) and is directly or indirectly connected with nonindividual variables, such as those from family environments (Liu, Chui, & Chung, 2020) and school environments (Humphrey, 1984).…”

Self-injury and Smartphone Addiction: Age and gender differences in a community sample of adolescents presenting self-injurious behavior

“…This study is part of the broader LOOK@ME research-intervention project ( The Net-ONLUS, 2017 ), which goal is to develop ad hoc interventions and focus groups to improve self-control, emotion-regulation capacities, and well-being in adolescents showing NSSI idealization and behavior and Smartphone Addiction and addiction tendencies. Both NSSI and Smartphone Addiction are maladaptive behaviors that can be conceptualized as emotion-regulation strategies ( Mikolajczak et al, 2009 ; Chester et al, 2014 ; Billiewux et al, 2007 ; Cho et al, 2017 ; Jeong et al, 2019 ; Kim et al, 2018 ; Zhang et al, 2019 ). By identifying the variables that account for the two behaviors, it might be possible to set some initial bases on the aspects that could lead to greater Smartphone Addiction in adolescents performing NSSI, thus hypothetically dealing with their sufferance through multiple and easy to access maladaptive strategies.…”

“…Smartphone Addiction might be considered as an emotion-regulation strategy for mood enhancement requiring little cognitive effort ( Mahapatra, 2019 ) and for which low self-control capacities play a relevant role ( Jeong et al, 2019 ; Zhang et al, 2019 ; Kim et al, 2018 ; Cho et al, 2017 ; Billieux et al, 2007 ). Beyond the predictive role of low self-control ( Kim et al, 2018 ), other relevant risk-factors are the increased use of Social Networks Sites (SNSs; Wu et al, 2013 ), internet use, female gender, and anxiety ( Choi et al, 2015 ) with the latter also recognized as a consequence of Smartphone Addiction ( Hussain et al, 2017 ; Jeong et al, 2019 ).…”

“…In this regard, the importance of self-control is recognized referring to two spreading phenomena among adolescents, namely, Smartphone Addiction ( Kim et al, 2018 ; Billieux et al, 2007 ; Cho et al, 2017 ; Jeong et al, 2019 ; Zhang et al, 2019 ; Pavia et al, 2016 ; Olson et al, 2020 ) and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) ( Abi-Jaoude et al, 2020 ; Castaldo et al, 2020 ; Lockwood et al, 2016 ; Yusainy and Lawrence, 2014 ).…”

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

“…Children who have unsatisfactory academic performance, depression, possess smartphones, frequently play tablet gaming, and routinely use social media and instant messaging have inferior degrees of parental restrictive mediation and of acknowledged online safety knowledge, while being more inclined to experience PSU ( 66 ). Interpersonal adaptation mediates the link between parental attachment and PSU, and is moderated by self-control, being more intense for persons having lower self-control ( 67 ).…”