Mental Disengagement Mediates the Effect of Rumination on Smartphone Use: A Latent Growth Curve Analysis

We examined if ruminators’ heavier smartphone use was due to its use for coping purposes. Using latent growth curve and structural equation modeling, we found that only ruminators’ smartphone use for mental disengagement, but not problem-focused or socioemotional coping, explained their heavier smartphone use—objectively quantified using monitoring applications.