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

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2019-07-11Authors
Peterka-Bonetta, Jessica
Sindermann, Cornelia
Elhai, Jon D.
Montag, Christian
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
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Frontiers in Public Health ; 7 (2019). - Art.-Nr. 127. - eISSN 2296-2565
Link to original publication
https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00127Faculties
Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften, Informatik und PsychologieInstitutions
Institut für Psychologie und PädagogikExternal cooperations
University of ToledoDocument version
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#h6Subject 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
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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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