Moderating Role of Gender in the Relationship between Big Five Personality Traits and Smartphone Addiction

Arpaci İ., Kocadag Unver T.

PSYCHIATRIC QUARTERLY, vol.91, no.2, pp.577-585, 2020 (SSCI, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 91 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s11126-020-09718-5
  • Journal Name: PSYCHIATRIC QUARTERLY
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, BIOSIS, EMBASE, MEDLINE, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Psycinfo
  • Page Numbers: pp.577-585
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: No

Abstract

This study contributed to cyberpsychology literature by identifying moderating role of gender in the relationship between personality traits and smartphone addiction. A multi-group SEM analysis was employed to investigate the relationship between five factor personality traits (i.e. Big Five) and smartphone addiction among men and women. Big-Five-Inventory (BFI) and Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI) were used to collect data from 320 undergraduate students. The results suggested a positively significant relationship between neuroticism (emotional imbalance) and smartphone addiction for women only. Whereas, conscientiousness was negatively related with smartphone addiction for women. Further, there was a negatively significant relationship between agreeableness and smartphone addiction for both genders. The findings suggested that gender has a moderating role in the relationship between neuroticism and smartphone addiction.