Personality and Nomophobia: The Role of Dysfunctional Obsessive Beliefs
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Personality and Nomophobia: The Role of Dysfunctional Obsessive Beliefs
1.2. Personality: The Big Five Model
1.3. Obsessive Beliefs
1.4. The Combination of Personality and Obsessive Beliefs
2. Methods
2.1. Procedure
2.2. Participants
2.3. Measures
2.4. Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Mean | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
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1. Sex | 1.55 | 0.498 | - | |||||||||||
2. Age | 40.43 | 13.318 | −0.121 * | - | ||||||||||
3. Extraversion | 49.336 | 9.486 | −0.001 * | −0.099 * | - | |||||||||
4. Emotional stability | 48.633 | 11.477 | −0.173 ** | 0.099 | 0.443 ** | - | ||||||||
5. Conscientiousness | 48.300 | 11.753 | 0.021 | 0.145 ** | 0.291 ** | 0.517 ** | - | |||||||
6. Agreeableness | 49.418 | 10.468 | 0.062 | 066 | 0.144 ** | 0.427 ** | 0.395 ** | - | ||||||
7. Openness to experience | 50.019 | 9.513 | 0.089 | 0.094 | 0.214 ** | 0.302 ** | 0.301 ** | 0.351 ** | - | |||||
8. Obsessive beliefs | 0.000 | 0.936 | 0.015 | −0.046 | 0.053 | 0.169 ** | 0.376 ** | 0.035 | −0.050 | - | ||||
9. Not being able to communicate | 2.830 | 0.999 | 0.240 ** | −0.107 * | 0.043 | −0.187 ** | −0.031 | −0.132 * | −0.195 ** | 0.264 ** | - | |||
10. Losing connectedness | 1.937 | 0.885 | 0.094 | −0.114 * | 0.019 | −0.171 ** | −0.183 ** | −0.155 ** | −0.283 ** | 0.065 | 0.617 ** | - | ||
11. Not being able to access information | 3.062 | 1.022 | 0.079 | −0.226 ** | 0.130 * | −0.108 * | −0.062 | −0.049 | −0.159 ** | 0.134 * | 0.537 ** | 0.495 ** | - | |
12. Giving up convenience | 2.572 | 0.977 | 0.222 ** | −0.211 ** | 0.014 | −0.214 ** | −0.146 ** | −0.201 ** | −0.275 ** | 0.140 ** | 0.710 ** | 0.625 ** | 0.632 ** | - |
Not Being Able to Communicate | Losing Connectedness | Not Being Able to Access Information | Giving up Convenience | |||||||||
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B | SE | p | B | SE | p | B | SE | p | B | SE | p | |
Step 1 | ||||||||||||
Sex | 0.230 | 0.103 | 0.000 | 0.082 | 0.093 | 0.120 | 0.052 | 0.106 | 0.309 | 0.200 | 0.099 | 0.000 |
Age | −0.079 | 0.051 | 0.122 | −0.105 | 0.046 | 0.047 | −0.219 | 0.053 | 0.000 | −0.187 | 0.049 | 0.000 |
Step 2 | ||||||||||||
Extraversion | 0.158 | 0.054 | 0.004 | 0.142 | 0.050 | 0.013 | 0.216 | 0.058 | 0.000 | 0.123 | 0.053 | 0.024 |
Emotional stability | −0.191 | 0.064 | 0.003 | −0.082 | 0.059 | 0.225 | −0.161 | 0.069 | 0.017 | −0.110 | 0.063 | 0.088 |
Conscientiousness | −0.031 | 0.063 | 0.623 | −0.146 | 0.058 | 0.026 | −0.060 | 0.067 | 0.359 | −0.080 | 0.061 | 0.206 |
Agreeableness | −0.029 | 0.056 | 0.601 | −0.005 | 0.052 | 0.930 | 0.066 | 0.060 | 0.264 | −0.075 | 0.055 | 0.180 |
Openness to experience | −0.156 | 0.053 | 0.003 | −0.243 | 0.049 | 0.000 | −0.143 | 0.057 | 0.010 | −0.217 | 0.052 | 0.000 |
Obsessive beliefs (OB) | 0.289 | 0.052 | 0.000 | 0.111 | 0.048 | 0.043 | 0.155 | 0.056 | 0.005 | 0.165 | 0.051 | 0.002 |
Step 3 | ||||||||||||
ExtraversionxB | −0.060 | 0.060 | 0.285 | 0.017 | 0.056 | 0.766 | −0.152 | 0.065 | 0.010 | 0.006 | 0.059 | 0.913 |
Emotional stabilityxOB | −0.151 | 0.050 | 0.110 | −0.099 | 0.047 | 0.317 | −0.081 | 0.054 | 0.414 | −0.233 | 0.050 | 0.014 |
ConscientiousnessxOB | 0.089 | 0.060 | 0.288 | −0.035 | 0.055 | 0.691 | 0.088 | 0.064 | 0.314 | 0.101 | 0.059 | 0.230 |
AgreeablenessxOB | −0.008 | 0.058 | 0.914 | 0.029 | 0.054 | 0.721 | 0.008 | 0.062 | 0.922 | 0.105 | 0.057 | 0.172 |
Openness to experiencexOB | 0.140 | 0.052 | 0.009 | 0.136 | 0.049 | 0.016 | 0.117 | 0.056 | 0.038 | 0.068 | 0.051 | 0.203 |
R2 | 0.201 | 0.120 | 0.124 | 0.196 | ||||||||
R2 change in step 1 | 0.064 | 0.000 | 0.020 | 0.027 | 0.054 | 0.000 | 0.084 | 0.000 | ||||
R2 change in step 2 | 0.144 | 0.000 | 0.114 | 0.000 | 0.075 | 0.000 | 0.123 | 0.000 | ||||
R2 change in step 3 | 0.022 | 0.072 | 0.018 | 0.180 | 0.026 | 0.053 | 0.018 | 0.157 |
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García-Masip, V.; Sora, B.; Serrano-Fernandez, M.J.; Boada-Grau, J.; Lampert, B. Personality and Nomophobia: The Role of Dysfunctional Obsessive Beliefs. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 4128. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054128
García-Masip V, Sora B, Serrano-Fernandez MJ, Boada-Grau J, Lampert B. Personality and Nomophobia: The Role of Dysfunctional Obsessive Beliefs. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(5):4128. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054128
Chicago/Turabian StyleGarcía-Masip, Victoria, Beatriz Sora, Maria José Serrano-Fernandez, Joan Boada-Grau, and Bettina Lampert. 2023. "Personality and Nomophobia: The Role of Dysfunctional Obsessive Beliefs" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 5: 4128. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054128