Smartphone and social media use contributed to individual tendencies towards social media addiction in Italian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic

Marengo, Davide; Fabris, Matteo Angelo; Longobardi, Claudio; Settanni, Michele

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107204

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“…Our results confirmed and extended a previous crosssectional study that internet overuse by children and adolescents in the context of COVID-19 could elevate their risks for self-injured behavior [69]. Actually, both the rate of phone addiction [70] and the risk of suicide [71,72] among teenagers have risen dramatically during the pandemic although few studies, especially longitudinal design, confirmed the relationship between mobile phone overuse and subsequent suicide risk. Therefore, our study has important implications for considering the important role of mobile phone addiction when enacting suicide prevention programs for adolescents.…”

Section: Mobile Phone Addiction Predicts Suicidality Regardless Of Me...supporting

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Adolescent mobile phone addiction during the COVID-19 pandemic predicts subsequent suicide risk: a two-wave longitudinal study

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Both the rate of mobile phone addiction and suicidality among adolescents have increased during the pandemic lockdown. However, the relationship between mobile phone addiction and suicide risk and the underlying psychological mechanisms remains unknown. This study examined the associations between mobile phone addiction in adolescents during the first month of lockdown and the suicide risk in the subsequent five months. A two-wave short-term longitudinal web-based survey was conducted on 1609 senior high school students (mean age = 16.53 years, SD = 0.97 years; 63.5% female). At Time 1 (T1), the severity of mobile phone addiction and basic demographic information was collected from Feb 24 to 28, 2020 in Sichuan Province, China (at the pandemic’s peak). Five months later, between July 11 and July 23 (Time 2, T2), mobile phone addiction, daytime sleepiness, depression, and suicidality were measured within the past five months. The regression analysis revealed that mobile phone addiction during quarantine directly predicted suicidality within the next five months, even after controlling for the effect of depression and daytime sleepiness. Meanwhile, mobile phone addiction at T1 also indirectly predicted suicidality at T2, with depression and daytime sleepiness mediating this association. Programs targeting improvement of daytime sleepiness and depressive symptoms may be particularly effective in reducing suicide risk among adolescents with mobile phone addiction.

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Adolescent mobile phone addiction during the COVID-19 pandemic predicts subsequent suicide risk: a two-wave longitudinal study

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“…Furthermore, quantitative results of the present study reveal that students who use Tiktok have greater odds of developing SMD, replicating the findings of previous research (Marengo et al, 2022). Moreover, the study of Kircaburun et al (2020) suggested that problematic use of short video-based social media sites similar to Tiktok (i.e.…”

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Social media disorder during community quarantine: A mixed methods study among rural young college students during the COVID-19 pandemic

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2022

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

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“…Recently, there has been an increasing use of the term smartphone addiction risk (26)(27)(28). According to Greenfield and Davis (29), attachment to smartphones is very similar to all other addictions in that it causes interference in the production of dopamine, the neurotransmitter that regulates the brain's reward circuitry: in other words, it encourages people to perform activities that they believe will give them pleasure.…”

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Impulsivity and Depressive Brooding in Internet Addiction: A Study With a Sample of Italian Adolescents During COVID-19 Lockdown

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This contribution presents a study conducted on a sample of Italian adolescents (n = 411) in the period of the first COVID-19 lockdown. The study investigated the role and predictive weight of the impulsivity and depressive brooding variables on Internet addiction, using a hierarchical regression analysis. The participants were administered the Uso-Abuso e Dipendenza da Internet [Internet Use-Abuse and Addiction] (UADI-2), the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11), and the Ruminative Response Scale (RRS). In terms of percentage distribution, 28% of the participants were in the full dependency range, while 34.7% demonstrated Internet abuse behavior. The results highlighted not only the predictive value of impulsiveness (β = 0.323) and ruminative thinking (β = 0.258), but also the role of gender (β = −0.205) on Internet addiction. Thus, male participants showed higher levels of Internet addiction, with higher scores on impulsiveness and brooding way of thinking. The study shows that the issue in question is significantly present among adolescents; in addition, not only targeted awareness programmes but also psycho-educational and clinical interventions to promote greater emotional and cognitive control would be necessary as a preventive and mitigating measure. Psychological interventions can help increase self-awareness, develop emotional regulation and impulse control, and correct maladaptive cognitions which in adolescents are mostly driven by a ruminative cognitive style.

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Smartphone and social media use contributed to individual tendencies towards social media addiction in Italian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 73 publications

References 34 publications

Adolescent mobile phone addiction during the COVID-19 pandemic predicts subsequent suicide risk: a two-wave longitudinal study

Adolescent mobile phone addiction during the COVID-19 pandemic predicts subsequent suicide risk: a two-wave longitudinal study

Social media disorder during community quarantine: A mixed methods study among rural young college students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Impulsivity and Depressive Brooding in Internet Addiction: A Study With a Sample of Italian Adolescents During COVID-19 Lockdown

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