The paradox of phone attachment: Development and validation of the Young Adult Attachment to Phone Scale (YAPS)
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Highlights：
• Paradoxical attachment to phones might manifest as attachment anxiety and avoidance.
• Attachment to Phone Scale (APS) is proposed as a short, concise instrument.
• Refuge factor corresponds to attachment anxiety, Burden to attachment avoidance.
• Refuge involves feeling safe with the phone and uncomfortable upon separation.
• Burden involves feeling pressured by phone and relief upon separation from it.
摘要
•Paradoxical attachment to phones might manifest as attachment anxiety and avoidance.•Attachment to Phone Scale (APS) is proposed as a short, concise instrument.•Refuge factor corresponds to attachment anxiety, Burden to attachment avoidance.•Refuge involves feeling safe with the phone and uncomfortable upon separation.•Burden involves feeling pressured by phone and relief upon separation from it.
论文关键词：Attachment theory,Smartphone attachment,Phone addiction,Technology,Smartphone measure
论文评审过程：Received 29 April 2016, Revised 28 June 2016, Accepted 23 July 2016, Available online 3 August 2016, Version of Record 3 August 2016.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.07.050
