Psychological distress and problematic smartphone use: Two faces of the same coin? Findings from a survey on young Italian adults

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Highlights：

• The findings raise concerns about the potential spread of smartphone addictive behaviour in young Italian adults.

• Perceiving a psychological distress condition was strongly associated with problematic smartphone use.

• Exploratory and confirmatory factorial analysis revealed a reliable two-factor structure of the SAS-SV.

• It is important for prevention to have valid and reliable screening tools that are short, quick and easy to fill out.

摘要

•The findings raise concerns about the potential spread of smartphone addictive behaviour in young Italian adults.•Perceiving a psychological distress condition was strongly associated with problematic smartphone use.•Exploratory and confirmatory factorial analysis revealed a reliable two-factor structure of the SAS-SV.•It is important for prevention to have valid and reliable screening tools that are short, quick and easy to fill out.

论文关键词：Problematic smartphone use,Smartphone addiction,Internet addiction,Psychological distress,Factor analysis

论文评审过程：Received 1 April 2021, Revised 10 January 2022, Accepted 17 February 2022, Available online 26 February 2022, Version of Record 2 March 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107243