| Title: | Country indicators moderating the relationship between phubbing and psychological distress : A Study in 20 Countries |
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| Authors: | ID Blachnio, Agata (Author)
ID Čuš Babič, Nenad (Author)
ID Musil, Bojan (Author), et al. |
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| Files: |  Blachnio-2021-Country_Indicators_Moderating_th.pdf (327,59 KB)
MD5: 4DD20CF6A74DC8A8D7970FD30098A94B
 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.588174
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Article |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FF - Faculty of Arts
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| Abstract: | Problematic mobile phone use can be related to negative mental states. Some studies indicate that behavioural dependency is related to variables associated with the country of origin. The aim of our study was to investigate if country indicators moderated the relationship between phubbing and psychological distress. Our sample consisted of 7,315 individuals from 20 countries, who completed the Phubbing Scale and the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6). The analyses also included country indicators: the Gender Gap Index (GGI), the Human Development Index (HDI), the Social Progress Index (SPI), Hofstede’s dimensions of culture, and the World Happiness Index (WHI). Our results showed that psychological distress was related to at least one dimension of phubbing (i. e., to communication disturbance or phone obsession) in all countries, which means this relationship is culturally universal. The results of the study demonstrate the importance of testing measurement invariance to determine what type of analysis and what type of conclusion are valid in a given study or comparison. Moreover, the increasing or decreasing correlation between phubbing and distress is related to some culture-level indices. |
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| Keywords: | country indicators, culture, phubbing, mobile phone addiction, distress |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Submitted for review: | 28.07.2020 |
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| Article acceptance date: | 03.11.2021 |
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| Publication date: | 24.12.2021 |
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| Publisher: | Frontiers Research Foundation |
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| Year of publishing: | 2021 |
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| Number of pages: | Str. 1-11 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 12, Št. članka 588174 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-89720  |
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| UDC: | 159.95 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1664-1078 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 92066051 |
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| DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.588174 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 07.08.2024 |
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| Views: | 227 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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