Dark personality traits and problematic smartphone use: The mediating role of fearful attachment

Balta, Sabah; Jonason, Peter K.; Denes, Amanda; Emirtekin, Emrah; Tosuntaş, Şule Betül; Kırcaburun, Kağan; Griffiths, Mark D.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2019.06.005

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“…The I-PACE model has been applied to explore the role of Big Five personality traits on different kinds of problematic or internetuse disorders such as social media use disorder and PSU. Similarly, recent studies suggest that the Dark Triad (DT) of personality traits [12] is positively associated with problematic use of specific and nonspecific online activities [13,14].…”

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Dark Triad of Personality and Problematic Smartphone Use: A Preliminary Study on the Mediating Role of Fear of Missing Out

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Demetrovics

2021

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The present study examined whether the relationship between the Dark Triad (DT) of personality and problematic smartphone use (PSU) can be explained by the mediating role of fear of missing out (FoMO). The role of FoMO in this relationship has yet to be examined. A total of 457 participants completed an online survey. Results indicated that males scored high on measures assessing DT of personality, while females scored high on PSU. Structural equation modelling showed that narcissism was directly associated with PSU. FoMO partially mediated the association between narcissism and PSU. Machiavellianism and narcissism were directly associated with FoMO. In the fully mediated model, narcissism (but not Machiavellianism) was still associated with FoMO, and in turn, FoMO was related to PSU. Although preliminary, the results of the present study indicated that Machiavellianism and narcissism might represent antecedents of FoMO, in addition to the Big Five personality traits, and both could be involved in the development of PSU.

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Dark Triad of Personality and Problematic Smartphone Use: A Preliminary Study on the Mediating Role of Fear of Missing Out

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2021

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“…En relación con los rasgos de la tríada oscura, tanto el narcisismo como el maquiavelismo se muestran como predictores significativos del uso problemático del smartphone. El hecho de que el narcisismo prediga el uso problemático del smartphone es coherente con lo encontrado en investigaciones anteriores (Balta et al, 2019;Pearson y Hussain, 2015). Los individuos con altos niveles de narcisismo podrían utilizar diferentes redes sociales a través del smartphone para promocionarse a sí mismos y satisfacer sus necesidades de atención y admiración (Casale & Fioravanti, 2018;Kircaburun & Griffiths, 2018).…”

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“…Los individuos con altos niveles de narcisismo podrían utilizar diferentes redes sociales a través del smartphone para promocionarse a sí mismos y satisfacer sus necesidades de atención y admiración (Casale & Fioravanti, 2018;Kircaburun & Griffiths, 2018). Por el contrario, que el maquiavelismo prediga de manera directa el uso problemático del smartphone no está en consonancia con los escasos estudios que investigan la relación entre la tríada oscura y el uso de este dispositivo (Balta et al, 2019). Sí que hay evidencias de que el maquiavelismo se relaciona con un incremento de la utilización de aplicaciones relacionadas con las compras en línea (Burtȃverde et al, 2019), así como con las apuestas en línea (Kircaburun & Griffiths, 2018).…”

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“…Los mecanismos que favorecen la adicción en relación con la psicopatía y el narcisismo difieren, mientras que las dificultades en los procesos de autorregulación podrían fomentar comportamientos adictivos en los sujetos narcisistas (Salazar-Fraile et al, 2010), los individuos con rasgos psicopáticos podrían verse impulsados por la desinhibición asociada a estos (Jauk & Dieterich, 2019). Sin embargo, son pocos los estudios que se han centrado en el papel de la tríada oscura en el uso problemático del smartphone de manera específica (Balta et al, 2019;Ksinan et al, 2019).…”

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Uso problemático del smartphone: el papel de los Cinco Grandes, la Tríada Oscura y la impulsividad

Hidalgo-Fuentes¹

2021

Aloma

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Abstract. Este estudio examinó las relaciones entre los rasgos de personalidad de los cinco grandes (extraversión, afabilidad, neuroticismo, responsabilidad y apertura a la experiencia), la tríada oscura (maquiavelismo, psicopatía y narcisismo), la impulsividad y el uso problemático del smartphone. Doscientos dos participantes (52.48% hombres), con edades comprendidas entre los 18 y los 58 años, completaron el Ten-Item Personality Inventory, la Smartphone Addiction Scale, el Dirty Dozen y la escala de impulsividad de Plutchik. Los análisis de correlación mostraron que el uso problemático del smartphone estaba significativamente asociado a la extraversión, el neuroticismo, la impulsividad y todos los rasgos de la tríada oscura. Realizando un análisis de regresión jerárquica, controlando la edad y el sexo, se encontró que la extraversión, el neuroticismo, el maquiavelismo, el narcisismo y la impulsividad fueron predictores significativos del uso problemático del smartphone. Este estudio contribuye a la literatura que ha examinado la relación entre los factores de personalidad y el uso problemático del smartphone.Palabras clave: uso problemático; smartphone; cinco grandes; tríada oscura; impulsividad

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“…Hence, whenever one is waiting for someone or something, the self-perpetuating practice is picking up and looking at their smartphone. The attraction and manipulation of social media, gaming and gambling can be a consideration here, especially given the rise of so-called ‘smartphone addiction’ (Duke and Montag, 2017) or problematic smartphone use (Balta et al., 2019).…”

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Temporal digital control: Theorizing the use of digital technologies to provide a temporal autonomous space

Johnson

2019

Time & Society

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Screen time once referred to television. Nowadays, it includes various screen sizes that are internet-enabled devices, and the pervasive smartphone. Regardless of what kind of screen is used, screen time comprises much of life itself. Being online and offline is now fairly blurred because of the ubiquitousness of technologies, Wi-Fi and screens. This paper puts forth the notion of ‘temporal digital control’ to explain the choice of when and why smartphones and other portable digital devices are used in today’s cultural milieu, and it theorizes the ‘why’ of contemporary smartphone use is so prominent suggesting it enables temporal digital control in an autonomous space. Coupled with the engrossment of such use, the article elaborates how gazing at a digital device comprises a temporal connection, alongside a disconnection from real life, and a possible inauthenticity that could affect well-being. Recently published literature on ‘waiting’ is included to help theorize why actors choose to use digital technologies while waiting. Being preoccupied, or busy, or doing something with one’s smartphone while waiting creates a sense of alleged status, importance or connection in the form of digital temporal control. An array of vignettes is provided to demonstrate agentic disengagement with the present in a preference for moving into a temporal autonomous space of ‘perceived’ digital control. When gazing at and using a digital device, users are arguably disengaging with the temporal present, disconnecting with others who may be beside them, in preference to the creation of temporal (and digital) autonomous spaces. Regardless of what the user is doing on their smartphone or device, the use of technologies can provide a temporal autonomous space of digital control.

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Dark personality traits and problematic smartphone use: The mediating role of fearful attachment

Cited by 27 publications

References 57 publications

Dark Triad of Personality and Problematic Smartphone Use: A Preliminary Study on the Mediating Role of Fear of Missing Out

Dark Triad of Personality and Problematic Smartphone Use: A Preliminary Study on the Mediating Role of Fear of Missing Out

Uso problemático del smartphone: el papel de los Cinco Grandes, la Tríada Oscura y la impulsividad

Temporal digital control: Theorizing the use of digital technologies to provide a temporal autonomous space

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