Who’s addicted to the smartphone and/or the Internet?
Contenu
Titre
Who’s addicted to the smartphone and/or the Internet?
Psychology of Popular Media Culture
Créateur
Bernd Lachmann
Éilish Duke
Rayna Sariyska
Christian Montag
Sujet
Internet
Internet Addiction
Internet addiction
Inventories
Personality
Personality Traits
Self-Directedness
Smartphone Use
Smartphones
Test Construction
personality
smartphone addiction
Résumé
Over the past few years, a growing amount of research has considered the links between personality and overuse (pathological use) of the Internet. Given the partial overlap between problematic Internet and smartphone use (PIU and PSU, respectively), the present study seeks to investigate whether the same personality traits can be linked to overuse of both platforms. A total of 612 participants (177 males/435 females, mostly students) completed questionnaires assessing both PIU and PSU, and the NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) to measure the Five-Factor Model of Personality and the Self-Directedness scale of the Temperament and Character Inventory. Our results indicate the existence of a common personality structure linked to both PIU and PSU. Interestingly, the associations between personality and PIU were higher than those concerning PSU. Low Self-Directedness appears to be the best predictor of overuse on both digital platforms. Therefore, lower willpower anchored in the personality trait Self-Directedness may reflect the core of digital additive tendencies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
volume
8
numéro
3
pages
182-189
Date
juillet 2019
Titre abrégé
Psychology of Popular Media Culture
doi
10.1037/ppm0000172
issn
2160-4134
uri
Editeur
pdh
Source
2017-51803-001