Sex, Age, and Smartphone Addiction Across 41 Countries

Olson, Jay A.; Sandra, Dasha A.; Veissière, Samuel P. L.; Langer, Ellen J.

doi:10.1007/s11469-023-01146-3

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“…This might be a result of the psychological maturity difference between males and females, with females being more psychologically developed, typically more psychologically resilient than males, and possessing more coping mechanisms. In contrast to the majority of earlier studies, no gender difference was found in the respondents’ levels of internet addiction [ 20 , 55 , 56 , 71 ]. This may be caused by the different problematic internet use behaviors among males and females.…”

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“…Therefore, this study suggests that life satisfaction may mediate between the family parenting style and internet addiction among college students. Furthermore, studies on internet addiction behaviors [ 20 , 21 ], family parenting styles [ 22 ] and life satisfaction [ 23 ], have found gender difference. Therefore, this study will further explore the differing mechanisms of internet addiction among male and female college students.…”

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“…First, multiple studies [ 20 , 21 , 55 ] have revealed a higher epidemiological prevalence of internet addiction in males than females among adolescents [ 56 ]. Discrepancies in specific internet use behaviors associated with internet use have also been found [ 57 ].…”

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Effect of paternal-maternal parenting styles on college students’ internet addiction of different genders: The mediating role of life satisfaction

Liu,

Cheng,

Guan

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This study aimed to understand the current situation of paternal-maternal parenting style, life satisfaction, and internet addiction among college students and explored the influence of paternal-maternal parenting styles and life satisfaction on the internet addiction of male and female college students. A questionnaire survey was administered to 967 college students in China. Life satisfaction partially mediated the effect of the paternal-maternal parenting styles on the internet addiction among college students. However, this mediating role completely varied by gender, and the dimensions of parental styles also had different effects. For male college students, life satisfaction mediated the two dimensions of parenting styles (the father’s emotional warmth, the father’s overprotection) and internet addiction; the mother’s emotional warmth directly related to the internet addiction. Among females, life satisfaction played a partial mediating role between two dimensions of parenting styles (the father’s emotional warmth, the mother’s interference and protection) and internet addiction. the father’s punitiveness and over-involvement were directly related to female students’ internet addiction. The study reveals that the mediating effect of life satisfaction on parenting styles and internet addiction among college students is influenced by gender, and the relationship between different parenting styles and internet addiction also varies. These findings indicate that paying attention to the role of the family, especially the parenting style of fathers, is crucial for preventing internet addiction in the future. Prevention and intervention should be treated differently for male and female students.

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Effect of paternal-maternal parenting styles on college students’ internet addiction of different genders: The mediating role of life satisfaction

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Guan

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“…The average SAS-SV score was 28.69 (SD = 9.25, range: 10 to 60), similar to a previous study with the same recruiting method and similar demographics (M = 27.61, Olson et al, 2023). The average SAS-1 score was 3.77, corresponding to weak agreement (SD = 1.45, range: 1 to 6).…”

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“…Despite the initially proposed six factors underlying the original 33-item scale, a recent analysis found that it has a unidimensional structure (Li et al, 2023). Similarly, a principal component analysis of the largest global survey using the 10-item version of the scale (Olson et al, 2023) shows that one component explains 40% of the variation. Here, we accordingly assessed a single-item version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale.…”

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SAS-1: A single-item version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale

Olson,

Langer,

Martin

2024

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The digital age has brought an increasing concern about the negative effects of smartphone use. However, current measures of smartphone addiction are often too long for some contexts, such as large-scale surveys or pilot studies. Here, we tested a single-item measure that probes agreement with the statement: ‘I am addicted to my smartphone’. Across 7,827 participants aged 18 to 89 from 131 countries, 37% agreed or strongly agreed with this statement. Their agreement strongly correlated (r = .67 to .71) with scores on the short version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS-SV), the most-used scale in the field. Younger women had the highest scores on both measures, and participants under 30 tended to underestimate their addiction on the single-item scale. Overall, our results suggest that most people have an accurate self-assessment of their own smartphone addiction. This new 1-item scale (SAS-1) can therefore serve as a brief and reliable measure of smartphone addiction when space is limited.

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Rumination mediates the relationships between social anxiety and depression with problematic smartphone use in Chinese youth: A longitudinal approach

Liu,

Shi,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Sex, Age, and Smartphone Addiction Across 41 Countries

Abstract: JO acknowledges funding from le Fonds de recherche du Québec -Santé (FRQS) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. DS acknowledges funding from le Fonds de recherche du Québec -Société et culture (FRQSC). JO, DS, SV, and EL declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Cited by 7 publications

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Effect of paternal-maternal parenting styles on college students’ internet addiction of different genders: The mediating role of life satisfaction

Effect of paternal-maternal parenting styles on college students’ internet addiction of different genders: The mediating role of life satisfaction

SAS-1: A single-item version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale

Rumination mediates the relationships between social anxiety and depression with problematic smartphone use in Chinese youth: A longitudinal approach

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