ABSTRACT. The aim of this paper is to synthesize and analyze existing evidence on problematic smartphone use severity. Using and replicating data from ExactTarget, Insights West & iamota, MarketingCharts, Pew Research Center, and Screen Education, we performed analyses and made estimates regarding the relationship between behavioral addiction, psychiatric symptoms, and pathological personality traits. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling.
Keywords: problematic smartphone use; behavioral addiction; psychiatric symptom
How to cite: Scott, J., Pera, A., Valaskova, K., Horak, J., and Durana, P. (2020). “Problematic Smartphone Use Severity: Behavioral Addiction, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Pathological Personality Traits,” Review of Contemporary Philosophy 19: 64–70. doi:10.22381/RCP1920206
Received 14 May 2020 • Received in revised form 20 August 2020
Accepted 21 August 2020 • Available online 23 August 2020