
Acta Psychologica, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 248, P. 104388 - 104388
Published: July 3, 2024
Increasingly, smartphones have become a part of people's everyday lives, and are now considered by many to be an indispensable social accessory. Since attachment smartphone could negative psychological consequences, burgeoning new area research has emerged which examines the effects on individuals' well-being. Hence, this study focuses phubbing - one's engagement with during face-to-face conversation another person or group people its association For investigation, quantitative descriptive approach been adopted involving sample 370 women men from Spain between 25 60 years old. The survey was distributed late 2019 first quarter 2020. Phubbing Behaviors Survey conducted, comprising five dimensions (cultural, technological, social, communicational, psychological), total 33 items requiring responses 5-point Likert scale. This used in conjunction General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), consisting four categories (somatic symptoms, dysfunction, anxiety insomnia, severe depression), 7 per category. findings reveal positive correlation depression and, young under old show higher levels somatic symptoms than same age group. demonstrates need raise awareness via health education promote healthy use Internet prevent distress resulting phubbing.
Language: Английский