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Personality associations with smartphone and internet use disorder: a comparison study including links to impulsivity and social anxiety

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Erstveröffentlichung
2019-07-11
Authors
Peterka-Bonetta, Jessica
Sindermann, Cornelia
Elhai, Jon D.
Montag, Christian
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Published in
Frontiers in Public Health ; 7 (2019). - Art.-Nr. 127. - eISSN 2296-2565
Link to original publication
https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00127
Faculties
Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften, Informatik und Psychologie
Institutions
Institut für Psychologie und Pädagogik
External cooperations
University of Toledo
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published version (publisher's PDF)
Abstract
The present work aims to replicate findings linking specific personality traits with Internet and Smartphone Use Disorder (IUD/SUD). Specifically, earlier research demonstrated that tendencies toward IUD and SUD are associated with high Neuroticism and both low Conscientiousness and low Agreeableness, while IUD (but not SUD) tendencies are negatively related to Extraversion and SUD (but not IUD) tendencies are negatively associated with Openness (1). In the aftermath of the replication crisis in psychology and related disciplines, it has become increasingly important to replicate findings in psychological research. Therefore, we revisited this earlier study by investigating (i) a sample from different countries and (ii) using different questionnaires to assess IUD, SUD and the Five Factor Model of Personality than the earlier work by Lachmann et al. (1). By applying such a design, we believe that replicating results from this earlier study hints toward generalizable associations being (largely) independent from that sample’s specific cultural background and instrumentation. Importantly (iii) we used a larger sample consisting of N = 773 in the present study to have higher statistical power to observe the initially reported associations. Additionally, we investigated the role of impulsivity and social anxiety on IUD/SUD, further illuminating the nature of these potential new disorders. Indeed, we were able to reaffirm the aforementioned correlation patterns between personality and IUD/SUD in the present work to a large extent, with low Conscientiousness and high Neuroticism being most robustly associated with higher IUD/SUD. Furthermore, social anxiety and impulsivity showed positive correlations with IUD and SUD, as expected.
Publication funding
Open-Access-Förderung durch die Universität Ulm
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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00127/full#h6
Subject headings
[GND]: Online-Sucht | Smartphone | Fünffaktorenmodell der Persönlichkeit
[LCSH]: Internet addiction | Cell phones; Psychological aspects
[MeSH]: Screen time | Behavior, Addictive | Personality
[Free subject headings]: Internet use disorder | Smartphone use disorder | Smartphone addiction | Big five model of personality | Problematic internet use | Problematic smartphone use
[DDC subject group]: DDC 150 / Psychology
License
CC BY 4.0 International
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://dx.doi.org/10.18725/OPARU-35672

Peterka-Bonetta, Jessica et al. (2021): Personality associations with smartphone and internet use disorder: a comparison study including links to impulsivity and social anxiety. Open Access Repositorium der Universität Ulm und Technischen Hochschule Ulm. http://dx.doi.org/10.18725/OPARU-35672
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