Alleviating depression only to become problematic mobile phone users: Can face-to-face communication be the antidote?

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Highlights：

• Depressed people rely on mobile phones to alleviate their negative moods.

• Depressed people tend to engage in problematic use of mobile phone (PUMP).

• Face-to-face communication can break the cycle leading to PUMP.

摘要

•Depressed people rely on mobile phones to alleviate their negative moods.•Depressed people tend to engage in problematic use of mobile phone (PUMP).•Face-to-face communication can break the cycle leading to PUMP.

论文关键词：Problematic use of mobile phone (PUMP),Depression,Alleviation motivation,Pass-time motivation,Face-to-face communication,Multi-group analysis

论文评审过程：Available online 1 June 2015, Version of Record 1 June 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.05.030