School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2021 Apr;24(4):275-281. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2020.0328. Epub 2020 Oct 22.
Emotion regulation has been proposed as a mechanism for the development of problematic smartphone use. In addition to examining the relationship between emotion regulation difficulties and problematic smartphone use, the current study sought to be the first to examine the relationship between subscales of emotion regulation difficulties and problematic smartphone use. It also sought to determine whether emotion regulation difficulties provide incremental prediction of problematic smartphone use over and above personality. Participants were 692 Australian university students (81% female; age in years = 25.23, = 7.48). They completed a measure of problematic smartphone use, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, and a measure of Big Five personality (IPIP 120). Overall emotion regulation difficulties ( 0.40) and impulse control difficulties ( 0.42) were moderately associated with problematic smartphone use, as were the Big Five factors of neuroticism ( = 0.43) and conscientiousness ( = -0.38). Although emotion regulation difficulties predicted problematic smartphone use, they did not provide incremental prediction over and above the Big Five. Findings indicate that personality is a robust predictor of problematic smartphone use. Emotion regulation difficulties, such as impulsivity, offer insights into the specific ways that personality is expressed in problematic smartphone use.
情绪调节被认为是导致智能手机使用问题的一个机制。除了考察情绪调节困难与智能手机使用问题之间的关系外，本研究还首次考察了情绪调节困难的亚量表与智能手机使用问题之间的关系。本研究还试图确定情绪调节困难是否能在人格之外为智能手机使用问题提供额外的预测。参与者为 692 名澳大利亚大学生（81%为女性；年龄为 25.23 岁，标准差为 7.48 岁）。他们完成了智能手机使用问题量表、情绪调节困难量表以及大五人格量表（IPIP 120）的测试。总体情绪调节困难（ = 0.40）和冲动控制困难（ = 0.42）与智能手机使用问题呈中度相关，神经质（ = 0.43）和尽责性（ = -0.38）也是如此。尽管情绪调节困难可以预测智能手机使用问题，但它们并不能在大五人格之外提供额外的预测。研究结果表明，人格是智能手机使用问题的一个强有力的预测指标。情绪调节困难，如冲动性，为人格在智能手机使用问题中的具体表现提供了一些见解。
