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postgraduate thesis: Towards understanding the relationship between smartphone addiction and psychological well-being
Title | Towards understanding the relationship between smartphone addiction and psychological well-being |
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Issue Date | 2016 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Chan, Y. [陳旭麟]. (2016). Towards understanding the relationship between smartphone addiction and psychological well-being. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | Smartphone use is increasing worldwide. The growing popularity calls for the attention on the possible addictive use. This cross-sectional study investigated the relationship between smartphone addiction and other psychological well-being correlates, including neuroticism, loneliness and escapism. A serial multiple mediator model was developed hypothetically based on literature. With structural equation modeling, we tested the model in a sample of 257 community adults. Result indicated a satisfactory fit for our hypothetical structural model, χ2 (394, N = 257) = 484.259, p < 0.001, CFI = 0.962, TLI = 0.959, RMSEA = 0.030 (90% CI: 0.020, 0.039). With bootstrapping technique to examine the indirect effects in the model, escapism was shown to be an important predictor of smartphone addiction. It was found to mediate the relationship between neuroticism and smartphone addiction. An indirect effect that linked neuroticism to loneliness, then to escapism and lastly to smartphone addiction was also significant. However, loneliness was found not to predict smartphone addiction when controlled for escapism. More is discussed below.
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Degree | Master of Social Sciences |
Subject | Smartphones - Psychological aspects Well-being |
Dept/Program | Clinical psychology |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/252002 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Chan, Yuk-lun | - |
dc.contributor.author | 陳旭麟 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-09T14:36:46Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-09T14:36:46Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Chan, Y. [陳旭麟]. (2016). Towards understanding the relationship between smartphone addiction and psychological well-being. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/252002 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Smartphone use is increasing worldwide. The growing popularity calls for the attention on the possible addictive use. This cross-sectional study investigated the relationship between smartphone addiction and other psychological well-being correlates, including neuroticism, loneliness and escapism. A serial multiple mediator model was developed hypothetically based on literature. With structural equation modeling, we tested the model in a sample of 257 community adults. Result indicated a satisfactory fit for our hypothetical structural model, χ2 (394, N = 257) = 484.259, p < 0.001, CFI = 0.962, TLI = 0.959, RMSEA = 0.030 (90% CI: 0.020, 0.039). With bootstrapping technique to examine the indirect effects in the model, escapism was shown to be an important predictor of smartphone addiction. It was found to mediate the relationship between neuroticism and smartphone addiction. An indirect effect that linked neuroticism to loneliness, then to escapism and lastly to smartphone addiction was also significant. However, loneliness was found not to predict smartphone addiction when controlled for escapism. More is discussed below. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Smartphones - Psychological aspects | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Well-being | - |
dc.title | Towards understanding the relationship between smartphone addiction and psychological well-being | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Master of Social Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Clinical psychology | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5353/th_991043983790303414 | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991043983790303414 | - |