PTSD's relation with problematic smartphone use: Mediating role of impulsivity
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) frequently co-occurs with addictive behaviors. Recently, the addictive behavior of excessive smartphone use is being widely researched. Impulsivity commonly relates to PTSD severity and problematic smartphone use. However, unexamined is the mediating role of impulsivity facets (lack of premeditation, negative urgency, sensation seeking, and lack of perseverance) in the PTSD-problematic smartphone use relationship; this was the purpose of the current study. We used data collected from 346 participants recruited through Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) platform. PTSD severity, impulsivity facets, and problematic smartphone use were assessed using the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), the UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale, and the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV), respectively. Negative urgency and lack of perseverance had significant positive correlations with both PTSD severity and problematic smartphone use. Results of mediation analyses indicated that negative urgency significantly mediated the relationship between PTSD severity and problematic smartphone use. Findings support the underlying role of negative urgency in the relation between PTSD severity and problematic smartphone use. Thus, treatments targeting negative urgency may potentially serve to reduce problematic smartphone use among individuals experiencing PTSD symptoms.
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Among impulsivity facets, urgency is most strongly related to mobile phone addictive use and related negative consequences.
“Among impulsivity facets, urgency was shown to be the most strongly related to mobile phone addictive use and related negative consequences35,36.”
From Emotion-related impulsivity moderates the cognitive interference effect of smartphone availability on working memory (2019) · cites this paper as [36]
The existing literature highlights the link between negative urgency and problematic smartphone use.
“The existing literature highlights the link between negative urgency and problematic smartphone use;35,36”
From Emotion-related impulsivity moderates the cognitive interference effect of smartphone availability on working memory (2019) · cites this paper as [36]
No study to our knowledge has examined the effect of negative urgency on VWM capacity in conditions whereby smartphone availability is manipulated, which is different from the problematic behaviours targeted in previous studies (with self-reports).
“no study to our knowledge has examined the effect of negative urgency on VWM capacity in conditions whereby smartphone availability is manipulated, which is different from the problematic behaviours targeted in previous studies (with self-reports)36”
From Emotion-related impulsivity moderates the cognitive interference effect of smartphone availability on working memory (2019) · cites this paper as [36]
Recent research found that negative urgency is associated with problematic smartphone use, showing that this risky behaviour is more likely to occur in the context of intense negative emotions among people who are characterized by post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms.
“recent research found that negative urgency is associated with problematic smartphone use36, showing that this risky behaviour is more likely to occur in the context of intense negative emotions among people who are characterized by post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms.”
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- Authors
- Contractor, A. A., Weiss, N. H., Tull, M. T., & Elhai, J. D.
- Affiliations
- University of North Texas (US)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Toledo (US)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Contractor, Ateka A.
- Venue
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-10
- Volume
- 75
- Pages
- 177-183
- ISSN
- 0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2613813794
- Cited by
- 63
- References
- 73
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 10
- FWCI
- 21.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Computers in Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- Institutional Repository of Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (K23DA039327, L30DA038349)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Keywords
- post-traumatic stress disorder, smartphone addiction, impulsivity, negative urgency, lack of perseverance, sensation seeking, lack of premeditation, mediation, addictive behavior
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