Smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior among university students: a moderated mediation model by fear of missing out, social comparison, and loneliness

Introduction: This article examines mediators and moderators that may explain the link between smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior using a sample of 794 university students. Methods: A mediation model was tested to test the hypothesis that social comparison orientation and fear of missing out...

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Main Authors: Bajwa, Ruqia Safdar, Abdullah, Haslinda, Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab, Wan Jaafar, Wan Munira, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
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Published: Frontiers Media 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103218/
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author Bajwa, Ruqia Safdar
Abdullah, Haslinda
Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab
Wan Jaafar, Wan Munira
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
author_facet Bajwa, Ruqia Safdar
Abdullah, Haslinda
Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab
Wan Jaafar, Wan Munira
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
author_sort Bajwa, Ruqia Safdar
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description Introduction: This article examines mediators and moderators that may explain the link between smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior using a sample of 794 university students. Methods: A 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 discussion: The 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 upm-1032182023-11-30T07:09:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103218/ Smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior among university students: a moderated mediation model by fear of missing out, social comparison, and loneliness Bajwa, Ruqia Safdar Abdullah, Haslinda Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab Wan Jaafar, Wan Munira Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Introduction: This article examines mediators and moderators that may explain the link between smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior using a sample of 794 university students. Methods: A 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 discussion: The 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. Frontiers Media 2022 Article PeerReviewed Bajwa, Ruqia Safdar and Abdullah, Haslinda and Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab and Wan Jaafar, Wan Munira and Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi (2022) Smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior among university students: a moderated mediation model by fear of missing out, social comparison, and loneliness. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. pp. 1-8. ISSN 1664-1078 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1072551/full 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1072551
spellingShingle Bajwa, Ruqia Safdar
Abdullah, Haslinda
Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab
Wan Jaafar, Wan Munira
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior among university students: a moderated mediation model by fear of missing out, social comparison, and 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
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103218/
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