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ERIC Number: EJ1434848
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Sep
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0044-118X
EISSN: EISSN-1552-8499
Problematic Smartphone Use and Mental Health Problems: A Network Analysis of Romanian Adolescents
Costina-Ruxandra Poetar; Anca Dobrean; Ionut Stelian Florean
Youth & Society, v56 n6 p1048-1070 2024
The aim of this study was to assess the pattern of mutual relations within the Problematic Smartphone Use (PSU) (first network) and between adolescent mental health problems and PSU (second network). The invariance of both networks was investigated across age, gender, and severity of symptoms. The participants were 708 Romanian adolescents (M[subscript age] = 16). Analyses were performed in RStudio. The results indicated that the most central node in the PSU network was a preoccupation symptom. The strongest bridge path laid between a reckless symptom and PSU. The networks were invariant with respect to the gender of the adolescents but were different--both in structure and strength--between the adolescents with low vs. high total difficulties. Furthermore, the networks were significantly different in terms of structure between middle and late adolescents. These findings are further discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Romania
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
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