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Smartphone Use and Smartphone Addiction

The document discusses a study on smartphone use and addiction among Chinese high school students. The study found that older students with lower self-esteem and higher sensation seeking reported higher smartphone addiction. Smartphone addiction and psychological traits predicted smartphone use. The findings provide insight into predictors of smartphone addiction in Chinese youth.

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Smartphone Use and Smartphone Addiction

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drugs and alcohol addiction). These analyses showed that and the efficacy of preventive interventions, including those
belief in the ability to prevent drug addiction is higher than dealing with addictions. Moreover, it seems that the chal-
beliefs in the ability to prevent either cigarette smoking or lenge of addiction prevention is not equivalent across the
alcohol abuse. However, significant age, religion and sex various risk behaviors as well as across the various popula-
differences were found, with adolescents (vs. adults) and tions. Thus, it is suggested that frequently, preliminary dif-
Muslims (especially vs. Druze) having a lower belief in the ferential interventions to promote (BiP) belief in the gener-
ability to prevent drug addiction. Conclusions: These find- al ability to prevent addictive behavior(s), tailored to the
ings suggest that BiP-level might play a significant role, as specific target group, should exceed implementation of
a moderator/determinant, in shaping both the effectiveness more specific preventive interventions.

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Smartphone use and smartphone addiction among Chinese high school students
QIAOLEI JIANG*, LIYA WANG, FENG TAO and XIAOLI ZHOU
Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
*E-mail: [email protected]

Background and aims: With the use of smartphone in- Scale, the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, and the brief Sen-
creasing rapidly among young people in recent years, sation Seeking Scale were implemented. The data were
smartphone has become an important part of their daily analyzed using multiple linear regression analyses. Re-
life. Many young people use smartphone constantly, mak- sults: The findings revealed that those older high school
ing or receiving calls, as well as using various applications students with lower degree of self-esteem and higher de-
via mobile Internet. The mobility, high availability and gree of sensation seeking, showed higher degree of smart-
easy accessibility make excessive smartphone use or phone addiction. In addition, smartphone addiction, to-
smartphone addiction become a public concern. However, gether with psychological traits, were significant predictors
smartphone addiction, its association with smartphone use, of smartphone use. Conclusions: This study provided in-
and its predictors have not yet been well studied in Main- sights into smartphone use, smartphone addiction, and pre-
land China. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investi- dictors of smartphone addiction in Chinese high school
gate the relationships between smartphone use, smart- students, which should be extended in further studies. The
phone addiction, demographic characteristics, and results indicated that compared to demographic character-
psychological traits in Chinese high school students. Meth- istics, psychological traits provided a better account for
ods: In total, three hundred thirty four Chinese high school smartphone addiction among Chinese high school stu-
smartphone users (152 males and 182 females; mean age = dents. High school students with high sensation-seeking
16.18 ± 0.45) participated in a survey assessing smart- scores should be paid more attention to their smartphone
phone use, smartphone addiction, psychological traits, and use. The findings can be useful for the screening, preven-
demographic characteristics. The Smartphone Addiction tion and treatment of smartphone addiction.

OP-43
Gambling and Age: A Complex Relationship throughout the Lifespan
SUSANA JIMÉNEZ-MURCIA1,2,3, FERNANDO FERNÁNDEZ-ARANDA1,2,3 and ROSER GRANERO2,4
1
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Bellvitge-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain
2
Ciber Fisiopatologia Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
3
Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Spain
4
Department of Psychobiology and Methodology, University Autònoma of Barcelona, Spain
E-mail: [email protected]

Age and age of onset are strong moderators of the course disorder influences psychopathological, clinical and treat-
and the evolution of disorders/diseases. However, the ef- ment outcome. Intervention in the earliest manifestations
fects of current age in Gambling Disorder (GD) have rare- of this complex problem is essential in order to better ad-
ly been examined. The aim of this presentation will be to dress the need of successful treatment planning. These em-
analyze the moderating effects of the patients’ current age pirical results provide new evidence about the underlying
and age of onset of the disorder in relation to personality etiological process of dysfunctional behaviors related to
traits, clinical outcomes and treatment response, in a large gambling, and may help to guide the development of more
sample of more than 1.600 outpatients attending a special- effective treatment and prevention programs aimed at
ized outpatient GD unit, in Barcelona (Spain). The results high-risk groups such as young men with specific person-
will suggest that the patients’ age and age of onset of the ality traits.

Journal of Behavioral Addictions 6(Suppl. 1), pp. 1–74 (2017) | 21

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