Effects of Phubbing: Relationships With Psychodemographic Variables

Abstract

The aim of this research is twofold: First, to adapt the Generic Scale of Phubbing and the Generic Scale of Being Phubbed into Turkish language and culture. Second, to investigate the relationships between phubbing, being phubbed, and various psychodemographic variables including anxiety, depression, negative self, somatization, hostility, loneliness, life satisfaction, and phone use duration. The two scales were adapted to Turkish with high psychometric properties, and the original item numbers were preserved. Analysis of the associations between variables showed that (1) phubbing was associated negatively with loneliness and positively with all other variables; (2) there was a strong relationship between phubbing and phone use duration; (3) somatization, satisfaction with life, and phone use duration predicted phubbing; (4) phubbing predicted all variables except satisfaction with life; (5) being phubbed was associated negatively with loneliness and satisfaction with life and positively with all other variables; and (6) anxiety, negative self, and hostility predicted being phubbed. This study is innovative for introducing two phubbing scales to Turkish and highlighting the psychological impact of phubbing on individuals.

Predictive Effect of Phubbing and Life Satisfaction on Depression Symptoms in Adults

“…However, in some studies, it was found that there was no significant relationship between life satisfaction and phubbing behavior and that life satisfaction did not predict phubbing. However, in the same study, it was found that exposure to phubbing and life satisfaction was negative significant relationship and exposure to phubbing predicted life satisfaction (13). In addition to phubbing, exposure to this behavior also feeds negative emotions in individuals.…”

“…The findings of this study show that life satisfaction is a predictor of depression symptoms. There is a strong relationship between life satisfaction and depression (13,76). Studies show that life satisfaction is one of the most important determinants of mental health (47,77,78).…”

“…Because neurotic behaviors are one of the most important descriptors of depression (12). Ergun et al (13), David and Roberts (14), González-Rivera et al (11), Garrido and Delgado (10), Roberts and David (8) have found that phubbing can trigger depression. These results can be interpreted as phubbing tendency increases the level of depression symptoms.…”

Peer Phubbing and Social Networking Site Addiction: The Mediating Role of Social Anxiety and the Moderating Role of Family Financial Difficulty

“…The potential consequences have been identified for the phubbees. Being phubbed threats the need for belongingness (Chotpitayasunondh and Douglas, 2018a ) and is positively associated with anxiety, depression, somatization, and hostility (Ergün et al, 2019 ). Diverse dyads might exhibit different problems.…”

A third-person perspective on phubbing: Observing smartphone-induced social exclusion generates negative affect, stress, and derogatory attitudes

“…Studies have shown that phubbing is perceived as an irritating and impolite behavior (Aagaard, 2020) and that it can cause severe affective, cognitive, and behavioral impairments in interaction partners (see Al-Saggaf & O'Donnell, 2019;Umari et al, 2019, for reviews). While such negative consequences have been identified for targets (i.e., those exposed to their interaction partners' disruptive smartphone use; e.g., Chotpitayasunondh & Douglas, 2018;Vanden Abeele et al, 2016) and sources (i.e., those engaging in smartphone use while in an interaction with others; Ergün et al, 2019;Kushlev et al, 2019;Kushlev & Heintzelman, 2018), no research to our knowledge has yet investigated third persons (i.e., observers of interactions in which the phenomenon occurs). The present study addresses this research gap by investigating adverse affective effects of phubbing on observers, observers' coping strategies, and relevant mediating and moderating influences.…”