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Country indicators moderating the relationship between phubbing and psychological distress: A study in 20 countries

Błachnio, Agata
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Przepiórka, Aneta
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Gorbaniuk, Oleg
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McNeill, Monika
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Bendayan, Rebecca
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Durak, Mithat
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Senol-Durak, Emre
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Ben-Ezra, Menachem
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Benvenuti, Martina
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Angeluci, Alan
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Błachnio, Agata
 Przepiórka, Aneta
 Gorbaniuk, Oleg
 McNeill, Monika
 Bendayan, Rebecca
 Durak, Mithat
 Senol-Durak, Emre
 Ben-Ezra, Menachem
 Benvenuti, Martina
 Angeluci, Alan
 Abreu, Ana Maria
 Makita, Meiko
 Blanca, María J
 Brkljacic, Tihana
 Babič, Nenad Č
 Gorbaniuk, Julia
 Holdoš, Juraj
 Ivanova, Ana
 Malik, Sadia
 Milanovic, Anita
 Musil, Bojan
 Pantic, Igor
 Rando, Belén
 Seidman, Gwendolyn
 D’Souza, Lancy
 Vanden Abeele, Mariek MP
 Wołońciej, Mariusz
 Wu, Anise MS
 Yu, Shu
 Mazzoni, Elvis
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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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Błachnio A, Przepiórka A, Gorbaniuk O, McNeill M, Bendayan R, Durak M, Senol-Durak E, Ben-Ezra M, Benvenuti M, Angeluci A, Abreu AM, Makita M, Blanca MJ, Brkljacic T, Babič NČ, Gorbaniuk J, Holdoš J, Ivanova A, Malik S, Milanovic A, Musil B, Pantic I, Rando B, Seidman G, D’Souza L, Vanden Abeele MMP, Wołońciej M, Wu AMS, Yu S and Mazzoni E (2021) Country Indicators Moderating the Relationship Between Phubbing and Psychological Distress: A Study in 20 Countries. Frontiers in Psychology 12:588174. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.588174
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Frontiers in Psychology
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http://hdl.handle.net/2436/624527
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10.3389/fpsyg.2021.588174
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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Frontiers Media. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.588174
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1664-1078
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1664-1078
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This study was financed by the National Science Centre, Poland, grant no. NCN UMO-2017/26/M/HS6/00779. In Brazil, the data collection was partly funded by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) under the grant number 424802/2016-3.
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