Humans; Adolescent; Family Support; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Anxiety; Smartphone; Behavior, Addictive/psychology; cross-cultural study; negative emotion; Problematic smartphone use; smartphone addiction; stress-coping; Behavior, Addictive; Psychiatry and Mental Health
Abstract :
[en] Problematic smartphone use (PSU) is frequently considered a public health issue, especially in East Asia and Europe. Yet, there is a paucity of research focusing on cultural and familial determinants of PSU. This cross-cultural study aimed to investigate smartphone usage patterns and possible mediating effects of perceived family support (PFS) from a stress-coping perspective. Convenience samples of 790 Chinese and 439 Belgian undergraduates completed an online survey that focused on sociodemographics and psychological variables ( i.e. , anxiety, depression, PFS, and PSU). In both samples, PSU was positively associated with anxiety and depression, and negatively associated with PFS. However, after controlling for sex and age in structural equation models, the consistent mediating effects of PFS were only found between anxiety and PSU in both cultural settings. These findings suggest that psychological interventions that take into account familial factors could be helpful for young people presenting with anxiety and PSU.
Long, Jiang; Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China ; Louvain Experimental Psychopathology Research Group, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium ; Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, United States
Liu, Yueheng; Department of Psychiatry, and National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Wang, Yingying; School of Physical Education and Health, Hunan University of Technology and Business, Changsha, Hunan, China
Pottié, Aurore; Louvain Experimental Psychopathology Research Group, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Cornil, Aurélien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie clinique ; Louvain Experimental Psychopathology Research Group, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium ; Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire, Nantes Université, Nantes, France
Deleuze, Jory; Louvain Experimental Psychopathology Research Group, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium ; Department of Clinical Research and Scientific Publications, Le Beau Vallon–Psychiatric Hospital, Namur, Belgium
Wu, Qiuxia; Department of Psychiatry, and National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Chen, Shubao; Department of Psychiatry, and National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Ma, Yuejiao; Department of Psychiatry, and National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Wang, Qianjin; Department of Psychiatry, and National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Hao, Yuzhu; Department of Psychiatry, and National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Lu, Jing; Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Radu, Ilinca-Gabriela; Global Health Section, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Liu, Tieqiao; Department of Psychiatry, and National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Billieux, Joël; Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne University Hospitals, Lausanne, Switzerland ; Center for Excessive Gambling, Addiction Medicine, Lausanne University Hospitals, Lausanne, Switzerland
The authors declare no conflicts of interest. This research was supported by the China Scholarship Council, Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2020JJ4795), and Shanghai Mental Health Center (2021-YJ15). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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