Too good to be cautious: High implicit self-esteem predicts self-reported dangerous mobile phone use

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Highlights:

• Dangerous mobile phone use is an important public health concern.

• Few studies have explored the psychological factors related to dangerous use.

• The role of self-esteem has been studied in addictive but not in dangerous use.

• We evaluate explicit and implicit self-esteem to predict dangerous mobile phone use.

• High implicit self-esteem foresees dangerous use of mobile phone.

摘要

•Dangerous mobile phone use is an important public health concern.•Few studies have explored the psychological factors related to dangerous use.•The role of self-esteem has been studied in addictive but not in dangerous use.•We evaluate explicit and implicit self-esteem to predict dangerous mobile phone use.•High implicit self-esteem foresees dangerous use of mobile phone.

论文关键词:Mobile phone,Driving,Self-esteem,Implicit,Explicit,Risk assessment

论文评审过程:Received 11 June 2019, Revised 28 August 2019, Accepted 21 September 2019, Available online 24 September 2019, Version of Record 22 October 2019.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.09.018