The relationship between self-cohesion and smartphone addiction: the mediating role of rejection sensitivity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The increasing use of smartphones with attractive applications has yielded concerns over problematic overuse, also called smartphone addiction, thus creating a need to investigate the antecedents and pathways of this addiction.

Objective

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between the self-cohesion dimensions of presence and consistency and smartphone addiction, and the potentially mediating role of rejection sensitivity.

Methods

A total sample of 910 respondents (58% females, mean age = 34.9, SD = 13.6) participated in the study. They completed a questionnaire including demographic characteristics and queries about frequency and duration of smartphone use, as well as the Self-Cohesion Scale, the Short Version of Smartphone Addiction

SUBMITTER: El Keshky MES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10338100 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature