TY - JOUR
T1 - Country Indicators Moderating the Relationship Between Phubbing and Psychological Distress
T2 - A Study in 20 Countries
AU - Błachnio, Agata
AU - Przepiórka, Aneta
AU - Gorbaniuk, Oleg
AU - McNeill, Monika
AU - Bendayan, Rebecca
AU - Durak, Mithat
AU - Senol-Durak, Emre
AU - Ben-Ezra, Menachem
AU - Benvenuti, Martina
AU - Angeluci, Alan
AU - Abreu, Ana Maria
AU - Makita, Meiko
AU - Blanca, María J.
AU - Brkljacic, Tihana
AU - Babič, Nenad
AU - Gorbaniuk, Julia
AU - Holdoš, Juraj
AU - Ivanova, Ana
AU - Malik, Sadia
AU - Milanovic, Anita
AU - Musil, Bojan
AU - Pantic, Igor
AU - Rando, Belén
AU - Seidman, Gwendolyn
AU - D’Souza, Lancy
AU - Vanden Abeele, Mariek M.P.
AU - Wołońciej, Mariusz
AU - Wu, Anise M.S.
AU - Yu, Shu
AU - Mazzoni, Elvis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2021 Błachnio, Przepiórka, Gorbaniuk, McNeill, Bendayan, Durak, Senol-Durak, Ben-Ezra, Benvenuti, Angeluci, Abreu, Makita, Blanca, Brkljacic, Babič, Gorbaniuk, Holdoš, Ivanova, Malik, Milanovic, Musil, Pantic, Rando, Seidman, D’Souza, Vanden Abeele, Wołońciej, Wu, Yu and Mazzoni.
PY - 2021/12/24
Y1 - 2021/12/24
N2 - Problematic mobile phone use can be related to negative mental states. Some studies indicate that behavioural dependency is related to variables associated with the country of origin. The aim of our study was to investigate if country indicators moderated the relationship between phubbing and psychological distress. Our sample consisted of 7,315 individuals from 20 countries, who completed the Phubbing Scale and the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6). The analyses also included country indicators: the Gender Gap Index (GGI), the Human Development Index (HDI), the Social Progress Index (SPI), Hofstede’s dimensions of culture, and the World Happiness Index (WHI). Our results showed that psychological distress was related to at least one dimension of phubbing (i.e., to communication disturbance or phone obsession) in all countries, which means this relationship is culturally universal. The results of the study demonstrate the importance of testing measurement invariance to determine what type of analysis and what type of conclusion are valid in a given study or comparison. Moreover, the increasing or decreasing correlation between phubbing and distress is related to some culture-level indices.
AB - Problematic mobile phone use can be related to negative mental states. Some studies indicate that behavioural dependency is related to variables associated with the country of origin. The aim of our study was to investigate if country indicators moderated the relationship between phubbing and psychological distress. Our sample consisted of 7,315 individuals from 20 countries, who completed the Phubbing Scale and the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6). The analyses also included country indicators: the Gender Gap Index (GGI), the Human Development Index (HDI), the Social Progress Index (SPI), Hofstede’s dimensions of culture, and the World Happiness Index (WHI). Our results showed that psychological distress was related to at least one dimension of phubbing (i.e., to communication disturbance or phone obsession) in all countries, which means this relationship is culturally universal. The results of the study demonstrate the importance of testing measurement invariance to determine what type of analysis and what type of conclusion are valid in a given study or comparison. Moreover, the increasing or decreasing correlation between phubbing and distress is related to some culture-level indices.
KW - country indicators
KW - culture
KW - distress
KW - mobile phone addiction
KW - phubbing
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85122463160
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.588174
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.588174
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AN - SCOPUS:85122463160
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 12
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 588174
ER -