Smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior among university students: A moderated mediation model by fear of missing out, social comparison, and loneliness
IntroductionThis article examines mediators and moderators that may explain the link between smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior using a sample of 794 university students.MethodsA mediation model was tested to test the hypothesis that social comparison orientation and fear of missing out woul...
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| author | Ruqia Safdar Bajwa Haslinda Abdullah Zeinab Zaremohzzabieh Wan Munira Wan Jaafar Asnarulkhadi Abu Samah |
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| description | IntroductionThis article examines mediators and moderators that may explain the link between smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior using a sample of 794 university students.MethodsA 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.Results and DiscussionThe 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-97190a1bad19441f8abe80b936e63f412023-01-06T16:48:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-01-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10725511072551Smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior among university students: A moderated mediation model by fear of missing out, social comparison, and lonelinessRuqia Safdar Bajwa0Haslinda Abdullah1Zeinab Zaremohzzabieh2Wan Munira Wan Jaafar3Asnarulkhadi Abu Samah4Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaInstitute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaInstitute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaFaculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaFaculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaIntroductionThis article examines mediators and moderators that may explain the link between smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior using a sample of 794 university students.MethodsA 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.Results and DiscussionThe 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1072551/fullsmartphone addictionphubbing behavioruniversity studentsfear of missing outsocial comparison orientationloneliness |
| spellingShingle | Ruqia Safdar Bajwa Haslinda Abdullah Zeinab Zaremohzzabieh Wan Munira Wan Jaafar Asnarulkhadi Abu Samah Smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior among university students: A moderated mediation model by fear of missing out, social comparison, and loneliness Frontiers in Psychology smartphone addiction phubbing behavior university students fear of missing out social comparison orientation loneliness |
| title | Smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior among university students: A moderated mediation model by fear of missing out, social comparison, and loneliness |
| title_full | Smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior among university students: A moderated mediation model by fear of missing out, social comparison, and loneliness |
| title_fullStr | Smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior among university students: A moderated mediation model by fear of missing out, social comparison, and loneliness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior among university students: A moderated mediation model by fear of missing out, social comparison, and loneliness |
| title_short | Smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior among university students: A moderated mediation model by fear of missing out, social comparison, and loneliness |
| title_sort | smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior among university students a moderated mediation model by fear of missing out social comparison and loneliness |
| topic | smartphone addiction phubbing behavior university students fear of missing out social comparison orientation loneliness |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1072551/full |
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