COVID-19 anxiety symptoms associated with problematic smartphone use severity in Chinese adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 is fast-spreading and potentially fatal, introducing home quarantine, social distancing, and increased internet usage globally. We investigated COVID-19 anxiety, general anxiety and depression symptoms, and their impact on problematic smartphone use (PSU) severity METHODS: Participants were 908 residents of a large Eastern Chinese city, surveyed from late-February to mid-March, 2020. We administered online measures including the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21, Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version, and items querying COVID-19-related news exposure and threat of death. Additionally, participants rated anxiety using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 with reference to COVID-19.

Results

COVID-19 anxiety correlated with severity of PSU, depressio

SUBMITTER: Elhai JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7251360 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature