Smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior among university students: A moderated mediation model by fear of missing out, social comparison, and loneliness

Frontiers in Psychology

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Ruqia Safdar Bajwa¹  Haslinda Abdullah¹  Zeinab Zaremohzzabieh¹  Wan Munira Wan Jaafar²  Asnarulkhadi Abu Samah² 

[1] Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia;Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia

关键词: Smartphone addiction;    Phubbing behavior;    university students;    Fear of missing out;    Social comparison orientation;    Loneliness;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1072551

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This article examines mediators and moderators that may explain the link between smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior using a sample of 794 university students. A mediation model was tested to test the hypothesis that social comparison orientation and fear of missing out would mediate the link between smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior. Additionally, a moderated mediation model was leveraged to examine loneliness as a moderator within the hypothesized model. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS. The findings show a significant positive relationship between smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior. The findings confirm the hypothesized associations and reveal that smartphone addiction is positively linked to phubbing behavior. The link, on the other hand, is partially and sequentially mediated by the fear of missing out and social comparison orientation. As a result, both mediators might be regarded as proximal variables of phubbing behavior. Moreover, the associations between both smart addiction and phubbing behaviors as well as social comparison orientation and phubbing behaviors are moderated by loneliness. These two effects were stronger for university students with high loneliness than for those with low loneliness. This study addresses a major gap in the clinical psychology literature through the attempt to explore the relationship between smartphone addiction and increased phubbing behavior among university students.

【 授权许可】

CC BY