ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Problematic Smartphone Use: The Mediating Roles of Attachment Anxiety, Rumination Thought Style, and Fear of Missing out
- Alex J. Holte
University of North Dakota - Desiree Giesen
University of North Dakota - F. Richard Ferraro
University of North Dakota
Abstract
This research examines a structural model of problematic smartphone use (PSU). Rumination thought style (RTS) mediated the relations of anxiety and self-esteem, but not depression, with PSU. In addition, fear of missing out mediated the relations of RTS with PSU, while attachment anxiety did not mediate this relationship.
Psychopathology
