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Phubber’s Emotional Activations: The Association between PANAS and Phubbing Behavior

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  • Andrea Guazzini

    (Department of Education, Literatures, Intercultural Studies, Languages and Psychology, University of Florence, 50135 Florence, Italy
    Centre for the Study of Complex Dynamics, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy)

  • Tommaso Raimondi

    (Department of Education, Literatures, Intercultural Studies, Languages and Psychology, University of Florence, 50135 Florence, Italy)

  • Benedetta Biagini

    (Department of Education, Literatures, Intercultural Studies, Languages and Psychology, University of Florence, 50135 Florence, Italy)

  • Franco Bagnoli

    (Centre for the Study of Complex Dynamics, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
    Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy)

  • Mirko Duradoni

    (Department of Education, Literatures, Intercultural Studies, Languages and Psychology, University of Florence, 50135 Florence, Italy)

Abstract

Currently, mobile phones are widely used worldwide. Thus, phubbing rapidly became a common phenomenon in our social life. Phubbing is considered by the literature as a new form of technology-related addiction that may undermine interpersonal relationships and mental health. Our study contributed to exploring phubbers’ emotional activation as no other work has investigated it so far. Indeed, researchers have only explored phubbees’ but not phubbers’ emotional correlates. A sample of 419 Italian individuals (143 males) participated in our data collection on a voluntary basis. The results showed that phubbing is related to negative affects, but not to positive affects. Moreover, phubbing in both its components (i.e., communication disturbance, phone obsession) appeared to elicit an emotional activation similar to that of social media addiction. These findings may help in strengthening the discussion around the emotional consequences of virtual environment design, as well as the awareness about what happens at a relational level during phubbing.

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  • Andrea Guazzini & Tommaso Raimondi & Benedetta Biagini & Franco Bagnoli & Mirko Duradoni, 2021. "Phubber’s Emotional Activations: The Association between PANAS and Phubbing Behavior," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:13:y:2021:i:12:p:311-:d:695281
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    1. Lorena Marotta & Andrea Pesce & Andrea Guazzini, 2020. "Before and after the Quarantine: An Approximate Study on the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on the Italian Population during the Lockdown Period," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-15, December.
    2. Andrea Guazzini & Mirko Duradoni & Ambra Capelli & Patrizia Meringolo, 2019. "An Explorative Model to Assess Individuals’ Phubbing Risk," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-13, January.
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