Smartphones are a fundamental part of emerging adults' life. The aim of this chapter is to determine which factors play a role in “phubbing” during emerging adulthood as well as to propose and test a model of this phenomenon. We tested a model of relations between phubbing, self-esteem, self-control, well-being, and internet addiction. The following measures were used: the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale, the Brief Self-Control Scale (BSCS), the Flourishing Scale, the Internet Addiction Scale, and the Phubbing Scale. The participants in the online study were 640 Italian emerging adults (526 females and 114 males), ranging in age from 18 to 29 (M = 21.7, SD = 2.18). The results showed that the model was well fitted, particularly in postulating that a decrease in the level of self-control is related to an increase in Internet addiction, that an increase in Internet addiction increases the probability of phubbing behavior, and that the level of self-esteem and well-being do not affect Internet addiction. Gender differences, in favor of males, occurred only in self-esteem.

Martina Benvenuti, Agata Błachnio, Aneta Małgorzata Przepiorka, Vesela Miroslavova Daskalova, Elvis Mazzoni (2020). Factors Related to Phone Snubbing Behavior in Emerging Adults: The Phubbing Phenomenon. Hershey : IGI Global [10.4018/978-1-5225-9412-3.ch007].

Factors Related to Phone Snubbing Behavior in Emerging Adults: The Phubbing Phenomenon

Martina Benvenuti
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
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Elvis Mazzoni
Writing – Review & Editing
2020

Abstract

Smartphones are a fundamental part of emerging adults' life. The aim of this chapter is to determine which factors play a role in “phubbing” during emerging adulthood as well as to propose and test a model of this phenomenon. We tested a model of relations between phubbing, self-esteem, self-control, well-being, and internet addiction. The following measures were used: the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale, the Brief Self-Control Scale (BSCS), the Flourishing Scale, the Internet Addiction Scale, and the Phubbing Scale. The participants in the online study were 640 Italian emerging adults (526 females and 114 males), ranging in age from 18 to 29 (M = 21.7, SD = 2.18). The results showed that the model was well fitted, particularly in postulating that a decrease in the level of self-control is related to an increase in Internet addiction, that an increase in Internet addiction increases the probability of phubbing behavior, and that the level of self-esteem and well-being do not affect Internet addiction. Gender differences, in favor of males, occurred only in self-esteem.
2020
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Martina Benvenuti, Agata Błachnio, Aneta Małgorzata Przepiorka, Vesela Miroslavova Daskalova, Elvis Mazzoni (2020). Factors Related to Phone Snubbing Behavior in Emerging Adults: The Phubbing Phenomenon. Hershey : IGI Global [10.4018/978-1-5225-9412-3.ch007].
Martina Benvenuti; Agata Błachnio; Aneta Małgorzata Przepiorka; Vesela Miroslavova Daskalova; Elvis Mazzoni
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