474 research outputs found

    Obsessive Compulsive Tendencies as Predictors of Dangerous Mobile Phone Usage

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    Recent attention to dangerous mobile phone use (MPU) has drawn concerns on how we can reduce use in situations such as driving. The National Safety Council estimates 1.6 million, roughly 28%, of vehicle accidents a year are related to MPU while driving. Much of the research has investigated dangerous use through an addiction perspective; however, if the underlying motivation is more similar to obsessive compulsive checking then the resulting interventions may be different. We investigate the dangerous and compulsive MPU through the lens of obsessive compulsive checkers by examining responsibility and compulsive checking on dangerous MPU. We test and support our model with a PLS analysis of 432 respondents. Findings provide evidence of an emerging perspective of MPU as well as insights into the recent lack of success in legislation to reduce dangerous MPU while driving

    Heterogeneity of smartphone impact on everyday life and its relationship with personality and psychopathology: A latent profile analysis

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    Background The relationships between problematic smartphone use and psychological factors have been extensively investigated. However, previous studies generally used variable-centered approaches, which hinder an examination of the heterogeneity of smartphone impact on everyday life. Objective In the present study, we capitalized on latent profile analysis to identify various classes of smartphone owners based on the impact associated with smartphone use (e.g., unregulated usage, preference for smartphone-mediated social relationships) and to compare these classes in terms of established psychological risk factors for problematic smartphone use. Method We surveyed 934 young adults with validated psychometric questionnaires to assess the impact of smartphones, psychopathological symptoms, self-esteem and impulsivity traits. Results Smartphone users fall into four latent profiles: users with low smartphone impact, users with average smartphone impact, problematic smartphone users, and users favoring online interactions. Individuals distributed in the problematic smartphone user profile were characterized by heightened psychopathological symptoms (stress, anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive tendencies) and impulsivity traits. Moreover, users who preferred online interactions exhibited the highest symptoms of social anxiety and the lowest levels of self-esteem. Conclusions These findings further demonstrate the multidimensionality and heterogeneity of the impact of smartphone use, calling for tailored prevention and intervention strategies

    Measuring Social Media Addiction among University Students

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    New developments in technology have changed the habits of people and people can find the things of real life in virtual worlds. Interacting in online platforms and sharing options of social media have made the life of students more easy while Social Media Addiction becomes a problem among young people, causing to mental and physical problems in long run by  using in an excessive manner.  The aim of this study is to determine the usage purposes and addiction level of social media among university students according to age, gender, usage years and daily usage. For that aim, 665 students were surveyed in an online platform at Bingöl University in 2019. Descriptive statistics,  Kruskal Wallis Test, One-Way ANOVA test, Factor Analysis and Correlation Analysis statistical methods are used to analyze data by SPSS 20 software.  Instagram, youtube and facebook were found to be three mostly used social media networks respectively.  Maintaining communication with existing friends, listening music and sharing things are main usage purposes for females while males prefer social media for following a group, playing games and meeting new people.   According to gender, there are significant differences just for conflict factor that males spend more time on social media than doing their daily responsibilities and activities supported with high correlation between gender and conflict factor that males are more addictive. Moreover, younger university students have higher conflict addiction and as students use social media more in years and higher daily hours, they become more addictive in general. Students spend daily most of their social media time for communicating with existing friends and chatting. Daily usage has the strongest correlation with occupation factor. Furthermore, the strongest correlation is seen between relapse and conflict factors and the most effective factor on Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS) is conflict factor

    Intensive and excessive Internet use: Different predictors operating among adolescents

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    Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je da se utvrde faktori koji imaju prediktivnu vrednost u odnosu na intenzivnu i prekomernu upotrebu interneta kod adolescenata. Ispitivani prediktori bile su različite psihološke, bihejvioralne i socio-demografske varijable. Podaci su prikupljeni krajem 2018. godine u okviru međunarodnog istraživanja EU Kids Online, na uzorku od 863 adolescenata iz Srbije (434 [50%] mladića) uzrasta od 11 do 17 godina. Utvrđeno je da je intenzivna upotreba interneta više karakteristična za devojke, za adolescente koji imaju tendencije prema antisocijalnom ponašanju, za one koji misle da imaju napredne digitalne veštine i za one čiji roditelji ne koriste restriktivne forme medijacije. S druge strane, prekomerna upotreba interneta bila je povezana sa psihološkim varijablama poput anksioznosti, impulsivnosti i percipirane diskriminacije po različitim osnovama, ali i sa odsustvom aktivne roditeljske medijacije i podrške u odnosu na upotrebu digitalnih tehnologija.The aim of this study was to determine the factors which have a predictive value when it comes to the intensive and excessive use of the Internet among adolescents. Predictors tested included different psychological, behavioural, and socio-demographic variables. The data were collected at the end of 2018 within the framework of the international survey EU Kids Online, on a sample of 863 adolescents from Serbia (434 [50%] males) aged 11 to 17 years. It was shown that the intensive use of the Internet was more characteristic among girls, adolescents with a tendency towards antisocial behaviours, those who think to have advanced digital skills and those whose parents did not apply restrictive forms of mediation. On the other hand, the excessive use of the Internet was related to certain psychological variables, like anxiety, impulsivity, and perceived discrimination on various grounds, but also to the absence of active parental mediation and support in the use of digital technologies

    Comparison of patterns of obssesions and compulsions in digital and non-digital setting

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    S obzirom na kontinuirani porast broja korisnika interneta, društvenih mreža i digitalne tehnologije, sve više svakodnevnih aktivnosti migrira u virtualni svijet. Jednako tako su se brojna istraživanja u psihologiji posvetila ispitivanju ponašanja osoba koje boluju od psihičkih poremećaja u virtualnom svijetu i međuodnosa korištenja interneta i tehnologije s razvojem psihičkih poremećaja. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je opisati i usporediti obrasce opsesija i kompulzija u digitalnom i nedigitalnom okruženju te ispitati međuodnos korištenja tehnologije i interneta i opsesivno – kompulzivnog poremećaja u tri dobne skupine. Korištena je kvalitativna metoda dubinskih intervjua, s 9 sudionika, po troje u svakoj dobnoj skupini, od toga 7 žena i 2 muškarca. Dobiveni rezultati sugeriraju da se kod sudionika isključivo s opsesijama ne javlja projekcija u digitalno okružje, dok se ona kod sudionika s opsesijama i kompulzijama javlja i to pretežito u kompulzijama. Dodatno, internet i tehnologija značajno utječu na razvoj opsesivno – kompulzivnog poremećaja. Pritom većina sudionika izvještava o javljanju novih opsesija ili kompulzija, dio sudionika navodi kako se nisu javili novi obrasci OKP-a, no da poremećaj zahvaća značajno veći dio njihovog života, dok je najmanji udio sudionika naveo da su se javile kratkotrajne promjene koje se nisu dugoročno ugradile u opsesivno – kompulzivni poremećaj. Također, većina sudionika izvještava o značajnom utjecaju interneta i tehnologije na svakodnevni život. Ovakvi trendovi sugeriraju da se psihoterapijske intervencije trebaju usmjeriti i na digitalni aspekt opsesivno – kompulzivnog poremećaja.With the continuous growth in number of Internet, social media and technology users, more and more everyday activities migrate towards virtual world. Similarly, more researches in psychology are devoted to examining the behavior of people suffering from different psychological disorders in a digital world and correlation between internet and technology usage and the development of psychological disorders. The aim of this research was to describe and compare the patterns of obsessions and compulsions in digital and non-digital setting and to examine the correlation of technology and internet usage and obsessive – compulsive disorder in three age groups. Qualitative method used was the semi-structured interview, with 9 participants, three in each age group, 7 women and 2 men. The results suggest that participants with obsessions only don't project them into digital setting, while participants with both obsessions and compulsions project mainly compulsions. Additionally, the research shows that internet has a significant influence on the development of obsessive – compulsive disorder. Most of the participants report developing new obsessions or compulsions, part of them report that they haven't developed new OCD patterns, but that the disorder affects a significant part of their life, while the least participants report that they've experienced short-term changes which haven't had a long-term impact on their obsessive – compulsive disorder. Most of the participants also report that internet has a significant influence on their everyday life. These trends suggest that psychotherapeutic interventions should also consider the digital aspect of obsessive – compulsive disorder

    Internet and Smartphone Use-Related Addiction Health Problems: Treatment, Education and Research

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    This Special Issue presents some of the main emerging research on technological topics of health and education approaches to Internet use-related problems, before and during the beginning of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The objective is to provide an overview to facilitate a comprehensive and practical approach to these new trends to promote research, interventions, education, and prevention. It contains 40 papers, four reviews and thirty-five empirical papers and an editorial introducing everything in a rapid review format. Overall, the empirical ones are of a relational type, associating specific behavioral addictive problems with individual factors, and a few with contextual factors, generally in adult populations. Many have adapted scales to measure these problems, and a few cover experiments and mixed methods studies. The reviews tend to be about the concepts and measures of these problems, intervention options, and prevention. In summary, it seems that these are a global culture trend impacting health and educational domains. Internet use-related addiction problems have emerged in almost all societies, and strategies to cope with them are under development to offer solutions to these contemporary challenges, especially during the pandemic situation that has highlighted the global health problems that we have, and how to holistically tackle them

    Deconstructing Orthorexia in an Age of Healthism and Social Media

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    Orthorexia, a pathological fixation with healthy eating, has recently emerged as a construct of interest in the field of clinical psychology. Despite its growing recognition, the origin of this construct remains unclear. This dissertation aims to contribute to the understanding of orthorexia by examining its emergence and contextual factors through a constructivist lens. The study found that the cultural, economic, and moralistic landscape of healthism and social medially have played a role in the development of orthorexia. The dominant clinical perspective of orthorexia was also deconstructed, revealing potential biases that may lead to pathologizing the experiences of those who demonstrate orthorexic behaviors. The study highlights the need for careful consideration of the risks and vulnerabilities associated with the integration of orthorexia into diagnostic and clinical models. However, it also acknowledges the reality of individuals expressing suffering in the form of orthorexic behavior and provides treatment considerations to honor their experiences and desire for relief in a clinical setting. This dissertation is available in open access at AURA (https://aura.antioch.edu) and OhioLINK ETD Center (https://etd.ohiolink.edu)
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