Personality beliefs as a predictor of smartphone addiction

Objective The purpose of this study is to determine the relation between smart phone addiction and personality beliefs of university students. Methods A total of 1007 students, 637 females (63.3%) and 370 males (36.7%) participated in the study. “Smart phone addiction scale short form” was used to measure smart phone addiction and “personality beliefs scale” was used to identify personality beliefs. Results According to the performed multiple regression analysis, it was found out that dependent, antisocial, narcissist, histrionic, borderline, paranoid personality, schizoid personality, obsessive compulsive personality, passive-aggressive personality and avoidant personality beliefs predicted smart phone addiction at significant level (R = 0.38, R2 = 0.15, p < 0.001). The mentioned variables explain 15% of the variance. An examination of the t-test shows that dependent personality (t = 5.585, p < 0.001), passive-aggressive personality (t = -4.485, p < .001) and paranoid personality (t = 2.901, p < .01) belief among the mentioned variables are a significant predictor of smart phone addiction. Discussion The obtained results show that dependent, passive-aggressive and paranoid personality beliefs are a significant predictor of smart phone addiction. Research findings are discussed in the light of relevant literature.

研究目的：本研究旨在探讨大学生智能手机成瘾与人格信念之间的关联。
研究方法：本研究共纳入1007名大学生参与调查，其中女性637名（占比63.3%），男性370名（占比36.7%）。采用「简版智能手机成瘾量表（Smart phone addiction scale short form）」评估智能手机成瘾程度，采用「人格信念量表（personality beliefs scale）」测量人格信念。
研究结果：经多元回归分析显示，依赖型人格信念（dependent personality beliefs）、反社会型人格信念（antisocial personality beliefs）、自恋型人格信念（narcissistic personality beliefs）、表演型人格信念（histrionic personality beliefs）、边缘型人格信念（borderline personality beliefs）、偏执型人格信念（paranoid personality beliefs）、分裂样型人格信念（schizoid personality beliefs）、强迫型人格信念（obsessive-compulsive personality beliefs）、被动攻击型人格信念（passive-aggressive personality beliefs）及回避型人格信念（avoidant personality beliefs）对智能手机成瘾具有显著预测作用（R=0.38，R²=0.15，p<0.001），上述变量可解释15%的变异量。t检验结果表明，在上述人格维度中，依赖型人格信念（t=5.585，p<0.001）、被动攻击型人格信念（t=-4.485，p<0.001）与偏执型人格信念（t=2.901，p<0.01）是智能手机成瘾的显著预测因子。
讨论：本研究结果显示，依赖型、被动攻击型及偏执型人格信念是智能手机成瘾的显著预测因素。研究发现结合相关学术文献展开了讨论。