Psychological Factors Related to Problematic Internet and Smartphone Use
Psychological Factors Related to Problematic Internet and Smartphone Use

Summary/Abstract: In today’s world, internet and smartphones have become essential parts of our lives. Besides their advantages, there are also some drawbacks regarding their usage. To investigate these drawbacks, problematic internet and smartphone use has been separately investigated within the scope of behavioral addiction. In parallel to this, present study aimed to investigate the relationship between problematic internet and smartphone use and psychological factors that were related to diverse addictive disorders in a Turkish sample. It was hypothesized that emotion regulation, self-control, depression and social anxiety symptoms, and novelty seeking would predict problematic internet and smartphone use. Data was collected from 337 adults between the ages of 18 and 66 (M = 28.86, SD = 9.72). The results showed that although social anxiety and depression symptoms as well as low self-control predicted problematic internet and smartphone use; novelty seeking predicted only problematic smartphone use. Additionally, difficulties in emotion regulation did not predict problematic internet and smartphone use.

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