Non-social features of smartphone use are most related to depression, anxiety and problematic smartphone use

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Highlights:

• Anxiety was more related to process (or consumption-based) smartphone use than social smartphone use.

• Depression was inversely associated with problematic smartphone use.

• Process smartphone use was most associated with problematic smartphone use.

• Process smartphone use mediated relations between anxiety and problematic smartphone use.

• Clinical patients with depressive/anxious symptoms should schedule social-related activity, facilitated by smartphones.

摘要

•Anxiety was more related to process (or consumption-based) smartphone use than social smartphone use.•Depression was inversely associated with problematic smartphone use.•Process smartphone use was most associated with problematic smartphone use.•Process smartphone use mediated relations between anxiety and problematic smartphone use.•Clinical patients with depressive/anxious symptoms should schedule social-related activity, facilitated by smartphones.

论文关键词:Anxiety,Depression,Information technology,Mobile phones,Addictions,Internet addiction

论文评审过程:Received 22 June 2016, Revised 15 November 2016, Accepted 8 December 2016, Available online 9 December 2016, Version of Record 14 December 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.023