Pattern of use of smartphones and the relation with levels of anxiety, depression and self-esteem

• Grant number: 18/06039-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2018
• End date: July 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Fundamentals and Assessments in Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Elizeu Coutinho de Macedo
• Grantee: Helena Scoz da Cunha Lima
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM). Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The increase in the number of mobile devices called Smartphones and their widespread use has had a significant impact on human relations, especially in cases of their excessive use. Thus, while such technologies bring benefits and facilities to people's lives their use can also bring significant, as similar characteristics to dependency, causing physical distress and social isolation. There is an interest in trying to understand the possible links between the intense use of smartphones and the psychological characteristics of their users. This study intends to investigate the possible correlations of the use of smartphones with levels of anxiety, depression and self-esteem. For this, the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS-BR) and the Beck anxiety and depression inventory will be used, as well as the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). In addition, the Five-Factor NEO Revised Inventory (NEO-FFI-R) and a questionnaire on the use of the smartphone (QPUS) will be applied. Pearson correlations will be conducted in order to understand the relationship between the measurements obtained by the tests. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LAURENCE, PAULO G.; SERPA, ALEXANDRE O.; CUNHA LIMA, HELENA S.; MAVICHIAN, HELEN O.; MACEDO, ELIZEU C.. Cross-cultural adaptation, factor structure, and evidence of reliability of the Smartphone Addiction Scale in Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, v. 42, n. 6, p. 608-616, NOV-DEC 2020. (18/06039-0, 18/09654-7)

LAURENCE, PAULO G.; SERPA, ALEXANDRE O.; CUNHA LIMA, HELENA S.; MAVICHIAN, HELEN O.; MACEDO, ELIZEU C.. Cross-cultural adaptation, factor structure, and evidence of reliability of the Smartphone Addiction Scale in Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, v. 42, n. 6, p. 9-pg., 2020-11-01. (18/06039-0, 18/09654-7)

LAURENCE, PAULO GUIRRO; BUSIN, YURI; DA CUNHA LIMA, HELENA SCOZ; MACEDO, ELIZEU COUTINHO. Predictors of problematic smartphone use among university students. PSICOLOGIA-REFLEXAO E CRITICA, v. 33, n. 1, MAY 19 2020. (18/09654-7, 18/06039-0)