The Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Problematic Smartphone Use: Comparison between Problematic and Non-Problematic Adolescent Users
Extremera N, Quintana-Orts C, Sánchez-Álvarez N, Rey L
International journal of environmental research and public health · 39 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- University or hospital
- Universidad de Málaga
- University or hospital
- University of Málaga
- Grants
- Universidad de Málaga (PPIT.UMA.B1.2017/23)
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Publication
- Published
- 2019-08-28 · Int J Environ Res Public Health · vol. 16 · issue 17 · p. 3142
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 102 citations · more than 99% of similar papers · 17.5× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 53 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Child Development and Digital Technology · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Keywords
- cognitive emotion regulation, smartphone addiction, adolescents, rumination, catastrophizing, self-blame, blaming others, maladaptive coping, parental control, gender differences
- MeSH
- humans, adaptation, psychological, behavior, addictive, cognition, adolescent, female, male, smartphone, surveys and questionnaires, emotional regulation
4 authors
From ES
- Natalio ExtremeraUniversidad de Málaga
- Cirenia Quintana‐OrtsUniversidad de Huelva
- Nicolás Sánchez‐ÁlvarezUniversidad de Málaga
- Lourdes ReyUniversidad de Málaga
Abstract
Prior work has suggested that individuals with deficits in emotion regulation skills are prone to compulsive behaviour and to following maladaptive coping strategies, such as smartphone overuse, to manage negative moods. Adolescence is a vulnerable developmental stage for deficits in emotion regulation, and these are linked to excessive smartphone use. The present study is the first to examine the links between the use of specific cognitive emotion regulation (CER) strategies and problematic smartphone use in a sample of adolescents. A total of 845 Spanish adolescents (455 females) completed the Spanish versions of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and the Smartphone Addiction Scale, along with a socio-demographic survey. The adolescents were divided into two groups: Non-problematic smartphone users (n = 491, 58.1%) and problematic smartphone users (n = 354, 41.9%). Significant group differences were found, with the problematic users reporting significantly higher scores for all maladaptive CER strategies, including higher self-blame, rumination, blaming of others and catastrophising. The results from logistic regression analyses show that rumination, catastrophising and blaming of others were the most important variables for distinguishing between the two groups, along with gender and parental control outside the home. In summary, these findings suggest the importance of specific maladaptive CER strategies in problematic smartphone use and provide insight for relevant targets for intervention designs.
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