Valenti Giusy D, Bottaro Rossella, Faraci Palmira
Department of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Human Movement, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University of Enna "Kore", Enna, Italy.
Int J Ment Health Addict. 2022 Jul 28:1-15. doi: 10.1007/s11469-022-00888-w.
This study was addressed to assess nomophobia in an Italian sample ( = 456, 53.1% men, = 31.8, = 11.1), also providing a deeper knowledge about how it is distributed across demographics, as well as identifying its best predictors. The main goal was to investigate the direct and indirect effects of difficulty in emotion regulation and social interaction anxiety on nomophobia through loneliness. Our findings indicated that loneliness explained the effect of the expressive suppression strategy (fully) and social interaction anxiety (partially) on nomophobia, whereas it was not a significant mediator when the cognitive reappraisal strategy was taken into account. Our study suggests that loneliness during the pandemic plays a crucial role in explaining the associations between the investigated predictors and the outcome variable, offering a deeper understanding of the underlying mechanisms of this emerging construct. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed, and shortcomings and suggestions for future works are presented.
本研究旨在评估一个意大利样本（n = 456，男性占53.1%，M = 31.8，SD = 11.1）中的无手机恐惧症情况，同时更深入地了解其在不同人口统计学特征中的分布情况，并确定其最佳预测因素。主要目标是研究情绪调节困难和社交互动焦虑通过孤独感对无手机恐惧症的直接和间接影响。我们的研究结果表明，孤独感解释了表达抑制策略（完全）和社交互动焦虑（部分）对无手机恐惧症的影响，而当考虑认知重评策略时，孤独感并不是一个显著的中介变量。我们的研究表明，疫情期间的孤独感在解释所研究的预测因素与结果变量之间的关联中起着关键作用，有助于更深入地理解这一新兴概念的潜在机制。本文讨论了理论和实践意义，并提出了研究的不足之处及对未来研究的建议。
