Relationship between insecure attachment and mobile phone addiction: A meta-analysis

Zhang, Yiming; Ding, Yueming; Huang, Haitao; Peng, Qianwen; Wan, Xiao; Lu, Guang Li; Chen, Chaoran

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107317

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“…At present, smartphone addiction has become a social problem that affects the healthy growth of adolescents. A large number of studies have found that smartphone addiction not only confers psychological and physiological effects on adolescents (e.g., anxiety, depression, and stress) but also negatively affects academic performance, coping styles, interpersonal relationships, etc., (Clayton et al, 2015 ; Samaha and Hawi, 2016 ; Lu et al, 2021 ; Diotaiuti et al, 2022 ; Wang et al, 2022 ; Yang et al, 2022 ; Zhang et al, 2022 ). Adolescents are in an important stage of developing peer relationships, pursuing autonomy and individuality, and changing behavior (Laursen and Hartl, 2013 ; Mak et al, 2014 ).…”

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The associations between smartphone addiction and self-esteem, self-control, and social support among Chinese adolescents: A meta-analysis

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Wan

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Front. Psychol.

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BackgroundSmartphone addiction has become a social problem that affects the healthy growth of adolescents, and it is frequently reported to be correlated with self-esteem, self-control, and social support among adolescents.MethodsA meta-analysis was conducted by searching the PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, PsycINFO, PsycArticles, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), WANFANG DATA, and Chongqing VIP Information Co., Ltd. (VIP) databases. Stata 16.0 was used to analyse the overall effect and test the moderating effect.ResultsFifty-six studies were included, involving a total of 42,300 participants. Adolescents' smartphone addiction had a moderately negative correlation with self-esteem (r = −0.25, 95% CI = −0.29 to −0.22, p < 0.001), a strong negative correlation with self-control (r = −0.48, 95% CI = −0.53 to −0.42, p < 0.001), and a weak negative correlation with social support (r = −0.16, 95% CI = −0.23 to −0.09, p < 0.001). Moderation analysis revealed that the correlation between adolescents' smartphone addiction and self-esteem was strongest when smartphone addiction was measured with the Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency Scale for College Students (MPATS; r = −0.38). The correlation between adolescents' smartphone addiction and self-control was strongest when self-control was measured with the Middle school students' Self-control Ability Questionnaire (MSAQ; r = −0.62). The effect of dissertations on smartphone addiction, self-control, and social support among adolescents was significantly larger than that of journal articles. The correlation between adolescents' smartphone addiction and social support was strongest when smartphone addiction was measured with the Mobile Phone Addiction Index (MPAI; r = −0.24). However, the correlations between adolescents' smartphone addiction and self-esteem, self-control, and social support were not affected by age or gender.ConclusionThere was a strong relationship between smartphone addiction and self-esteem, self-control, and social support among adolescents. In the future, longitudinal research should be carried out to better investigate the dynamic changes in therelationship between smartphone addiction and self-esteem, self-control, and social support.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/, identifier: CRD42022300061.

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The associations between smartphone addiction and self-esteem, self-control, and social support among Chinese adolescents: A meta-analysis

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“…In contrast to drinking and smoking, mobile phone does not cause terrible damage to adolescents in a short period of time. However, many scholars have stated that mobile phone addiction can be more dangerous than other addictions, leading to sleep disturbance, anxiety, stress and fatigue (Goswami and Singh, 2016 ; Peraman and Parasuraman, 2016 ; Zhang et al, 2022 ).…”

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“…Moreover, the current study enriched the framework of the moderators on the association between parental phubbing and mobile phone addiction. Individual factors, such as gender, refusal self-efficacy, and self-esteem, were examined as moderating variables to test the relationship between parental phubbing and mobile phone addiction (Xie et al, 2019 ; Zhang et al, 2022 ; Zhao et al, 2022 ). The current study examined friendship quality, a situational variable, as a moderator on the association, providing some insights for future research.…”

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The relationship between parental phubbing and mobile phone addiction in junior high school students: A moderated mediation model

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Diao

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“…This can be explained by attachment theory, which traditionally describes the human propensity to seek affective bonds with others when vying for safety, comfort, and protection (Bowlby, 1969). Although attachment theory originally focused on bonding relationships between individuals such as the child–parent relationship and romantic relationships, now it has been successfully applied to bonding relationships with objects such as mobile phones (Parent & Shapka, 2020; Zhang et al, 2022). Materialistic individuals use possessions to influence others’ impressions and to obtain others’ approval and acceptance (Christopher & Schlenker, 2000).…”

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A Cross-National Study of Nomophobia Among Brazilian, Chinese, French, and U.S. Young People: The Role of Materialism

Gentina

Maille

2023

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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Why do young people from Generation Z (born between 1995 and the mid-2000s) become nomophobic consumers of smartphones? This research aims for a better understanding of nomophobia, the fear of being without mobile phone contact, and this from a cross-national perspective. Data collected from 1,326 young people (aged 16-24) from Brazil, China, France, and the United States demonstrate that nomophobia is positively related to materialism, the value that consumers place on the acquisition of material objects. A structural equation model shows that the different dimensions of materialism do not affect nomophobia uniformly across national identity. Nomophobia is positively related to the happiness dimension (possessions needed for happiness) in Brazil, to the success dimension (possessions as indicators of success) in China, and to the centrality dimension (possessions as central for the self) in France and the United States. These findings have notable implications for practitioners and researchers.

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Relationship between insecure attachment and mobile phone addiction: A meta-analysis

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The associations between smartphone addiction and self-esteem, self-control, and social support among Chinese adolescents: A meta-analysis

The associations between smartphone addiction and self-esteem, self-control, and social support among Chinese adolescents: A meta-analysis

The relationship between parental phubbing and mobile phone addiction in junior high school students: A moderated mediation model

A Cross-National Study of Nomophobia Among Brazilian, Chinese, French, and U.S. Young People: The Role of Materialism

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