Gender differences in the association of smartphone use with the vitality and mental health of adolescent students

Yang, Shang Yu; Lin, Chung‐Ying; Huang, Yueh Chu; Chang, Jer Hao

doi:10.1080/07448481.2018.1454930

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“…Individuals in the group at high risk of smartphone addiction were generally male, with high emotional distress, and had other addictive internet-related behaviors. These findings are consistent with previous research which has established that excessive smartphone use is associated with being male (e.g., Yang et al 2018), impaired emotional distress (e.g., Csibi et al 2018;Yang et al 2018), and addiction to other behaviors (e.g. Csibi et al 2018).…”

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Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Among Iranian Adolescents: A Psychometric Study

Lin

Imani

Broström

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Int J Ment Health Addiction

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The Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS) can be used in screening for the risk of smartphone addiction. This study aimed to validate a Persian version of the SABAS using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), Rasch analysis, and latent class analysis (LCA). In a sample of 3807 Iranian adolescents, CFAs were used to confirm the factor structure of SABAS, Rasch models were used to examine the unidimensionality of SABAS, and LCAs were used to classify the adolescents in terms of application preferences and smartphone application-based addiction. The unidimensional structure of SABAS was supported by CFA and Rasch model. LCA classified the sample into three subgroups (i.e., low, medium, high) in terms of risk of smartphone addiction. This study showed the unidimensionality of the Persian SABAS with robust psychometric properties. It can be used by healthcare providers in screening for risk of addiction to smartphone applications and provide early intervention if necessary.

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Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Among Iranian Adolescents: A Psychometric Study

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Int J Ment Health Addiction

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“…On the other hand, the non-statistically significant gender difference of smartphone addiction is consistent with previous studies (44,45). Yet, some studies have reported that female participants indeed have higher rates of smartphone addiction than males (46,47).…”

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Rates of Alexithymia and Its Association With Smartphone Addiction Among a Sample of University Students in Egypt

2020

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Introduction: Alexithymia is characterized by difficulties in describing feelings. Many studies have shown that there is a relation between alexithymia and different types of addictions. Nowadays, smartphone addiction is proposed to be a global problem. The current study focuses on the rates of alexithymia and its association with smartphone addiction in an Egyptian university. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in Ain Shams University. A sample of 200 university students was surveyed using Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) and Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV). Results: The results showed that 44 students (22%) had alexithymia. It was also found that around one third of the sample (N=65, 32.5%) met the criteria of smartphone addiction. There was a strong association between alexithymia and smartphone addiction (OR=4.33, 95% CI 2.15-8.74, p= < 0.001). Conclusion: This study supports existing literature indicating the strong association between alexithymia and smartphone addiction.

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“…In terms of gender differences, one study observed that girls who frequently use their smartphones may have a greater tendency to use social networking apps (e.g., Facebook) to upload pictures/share their lives online and therefore have a higher degree of smartphone attachment as compared to boys. Girls have also been reported to form and maintain social relationships and be engaged emotionally through constant app connection while boys mostly use smartphones to communicate through texts [36]. However, not all people at risk fall neatly into those observed categories.…”

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Does Smartphone Addiction Fall on a Continuum of Addictive Behaviors?

Sussman

2020

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Due to the high accessibility and mobility of smartphones, widespread and pervasive smartphone use has become the social norm, exposing users to various health and other risk factors. There is, however, a debate on whether addiction to smartphone use is a valid behavioral addiction that is distinct from similar conditions, such as Internet and gaming addiction. The goal of this review is to gather and integrate up-to-date research on measures of smartphone addiction (SA) and problematic smartphone use (PSU) to better understand (a) if they are distinct from other addictions that merely use the smartphone as a medium, and (b) how the disorder(s) may fall on a continuum of addictive behaviors that at some point could be considered an addiction. A systematic literature search adapted from the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method was conducted to find all relevant articles on SA and PSU published between 2017 and 2019. A total of 108 articles were included in the current review. Most studies neither distinguished SA from other technological addictions nor clarified whether SA was an addiction to the actual smartphone device or to the features that the device offers. Most studies also did not directly base their research on a theory to explain the etiologic origins or causal pathways of SA and its associations. Suggestions are made regarding how to address SA as an emerging behavioral addiction.

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Gender differences in the association of smartphone use with the vitality and mental health of adolescent students

Abstract: The findings demonstrate that adolescent females are deeply affected by their smartphone use. Smartphone dependence may decrease the vitality and mental health of male adolescents.

Cited by 95 publications

References 33 publications

Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Among Iranian Adolescents: A Psychometric Study

Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Among Iranian Adolescents: A Psychometric Study

Rates of Alexithymia and Its Association With Smartphone Addiction Among a Sample of University Students in Egypt

Does Smartphone Addiction Fall on a Continuum of Addictive Behaviors?

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