Problematic smartphone use and related factors in young patients with schizophrenia
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Introduction The present study aimed to examine smartphone use in young patients with schizophrenia and to explore factors that may affect the severity of problematic smartphone use. Methods A total of 148 schizophrenia patients aged 18 to 35 years completed self-administered questionnaires exploring sociodemographic characteristics; Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS), the Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). All were also assessed using the Clinician-Rated Dimensions of Psychosis Symptom Severity (CRDPSS) Scale and the Personal and Social Performance (PSP) Scale. Results The mean subject age was 27.5 ± 4.5 years. No significant differences in the SAS scores occurred between gender, jobs, and level of education. The Pearson r-correlation test showed that the SAS scores were significantly positively correlated with HADS anxiety, PSS, and BFI-10 neuroticism scores; it was negatively correlated with RSES, BFI-10 agreeableness, and conscientiousness scores. In the stepwise linear regression analysis, the severity of PSU was significantly associated with both high anxiety and low agreeableness. Discussion Our results suggest that specific groups of patients with schizophrenia may require special care to prevent problematic smartphone use.
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The relationship between other personality traits such as agreeableness and conscientiousness and PSU was generally negative but inconclusive overall.
“The relationship between other personality traits (e.g., agreeableness and conscientiousness) and PSU was generally negative but inconclusive overall (Lee, 2015;Lee, Chung, et al., 2019;Panda & Jain, 2018).”
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- Authors
- Lee, J., Chung, Y., Kim, S., Kim, J., Shin, I., Yoon, J., & Kim, S.
- Affiliations
- Chonnam National University (KR)
- Jeonbuk National University Hospital (KR)
- Corresponding author
- Kim, Sung‐Wan
- ORCID
- Venue
- Asia-Pacific Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2019-05
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- e12357-e12357
- ISSN
- 1758-5864 (ISSN-L)
- 1758-5872
- OpenAlex
- W2943131957
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 3.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Asia-Pacific Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Choi Shin-Hai Neuropsychiatric Research Fund (2016) from the Korean Foundation of Neuropsychiatric Research
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Keywords
- smartphone addiction, schizophrenia, young adults, anxiety, agreeableness, neuroticism, self-esteem, perceived stress, personality traits
- MeSH terms
- Smartphone, Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Behavior, Addictive, Young Adult
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