Is Nomophobia Problematic or Functional? A Perspective from Bifactor Structure.

With the extensive use of mobile phones globally, some people engage in excessive or problematic phone use behaviors. However, little is known regarding the latent structure of problematic mobile phone use. The current study employed the Chinese versions of the Nomophobia Questionnaire, Mobile Phone...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 2977 - 2997
Autores principales: Ren, Shixiu, Liu, Tour, Zhao, Xinlu, Yang, Haibo, Elhai, Jon D.
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Publicado: Springer Nature Oct2024
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          Ren, Shixiu
          Liu, Tour
          Zhao, Xinlu
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          https://ror.org/022k4wk35 Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China
          https://ror.org/05x2td559 Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, P.R. China
          https://ror.org/05x2td559 Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, P.R. China
          https://ror.org/05x2td559 Center of Collaborative Innovation for Assessment and Promotion of Mental Health, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, P.R. China
          393 Binshui West Road, Xiqing District, 300387, Tianjin, China
          https://ror.org/01pbdzh19 Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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        Cell phones
        Mental illness
        Medical sciences
        Internet access
        Cognitive psychology
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          Cell phones
          Mental illness
          Medical sciences
          Internet access
          Electronics Stores
          Electronic components, navigational and communications equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
          Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
          Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
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        Bifactor model
        High-order CFA
        Mental health
        Nomophobia
        Problematic mobile phone use
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        Bifactor model
        High-order CFA
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      ab: With the extensive use of mobile phones globally, some people engage in excessive or problematic phone use behaviors. However, little is known regarding the latent structure of problematic mobile phone use. The current study employed the Chinese versions of the Nomophobia Questionnaire, Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency Scale, and Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale-21 to explore the latent psychological structure of problematic mobile phone use and nomophobia and their associations with mental health symptoms. Results showed that a bifactor latent model best fit nomophobia, which contained a general factor and four unique factors involving the fear of being unable to access information, losing convenience, losing contact, and losing one's Internet connection. Results also showed significant correlations among latent factors of nomophobia, problematic mobile phone use, and mental health symptoms. Through these findings, we can conclude that two problematic mobile phone use behaviors share a common factor concerning excessive use, and nomophobia has independent unique factors concerning usable function. This study clarifies the structure of problematic mobile phone use, and it implies that we can distinguish problematic mobile phone use from functional use; further investigation of problematic mobile phone use is warranted.
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