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The Different Relationships between Mobile Phone Dependence and Adolescents' Scientific and Artistic Creativity: Self-Esteem and Creative Identity as Mediators
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Qing Wang; Hongfei Xiao; Hao Yin; Jiamin Wei; Shuo Li; Baoguo Shi – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2025
Creativity is an essential skill that is at the heart of 21st-century education. Mobile phone use occupies considerable amounts of time in people's lives and may influence creativity. However, few studies have linked mobile phone dependence (MPD) to adolescents' domain-specific creativity (science and art). This study investigated the relationship…
Descriptors: Creativity, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior
Happy or Unhappy? Mental Health Correlates of Receiving Sexts and Unsolicited Sexual Images
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Beatrice Sciacca; Angela Mazzone; Magnus Loftsson; James O'Higgins Norman; Mairéad Foody – Youth & Society, 2024
This study investigated the prevalence of receiving sexts among adolescents and its relationship with depressive symptoms and self-esteem. A survey was administered to 728 high school students in Sweden in 2019 and 2020 (50.4% girls and 46.4% boys) using a cross-sectional design. Findings showed that significantly more boys (28.4%) than girls…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Sexuality
Individual Differences in Self-Esteem and Social Anxiety Predict Problem Smartphone Use in Adolescents
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Edwards, Elizabeth J.; Taylor, Caitlin S.; Vaughan, Robert S. – School Psychology International, 2022
Smartphones have many characteristics that make them attractive to adolescents. Recent work, however, has established a link between smartphone-related problems and self-esteem (self-worth) and social anxiety (fear of social relations). To date, little is known about the characteristics underpinning these relationships in combination. Driven by…
Descriptors: Self Concept Measures, Self Esteem, Adolescents, Anxiety Disorders
Fear of Missing out on Social Media Platforms and Its Relationship to Self-Esteem among Adolescents in Jordan
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Mais Al-Nasa'h; Yaman Shadid – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2024
The current study aimed to investigate Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) and Self-Esteem levels among 7th and 10th-grade students in private schools in Amman, Jordan. Additionally, the study aimed to explore the relationship between FoMO and self-esteem. The research also intended to examine differences in FoMO and self-esteem levels between male and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Esteem, Fear, Grade 7
Emerging Adults and the Use of Textual Digital Communication: A Reflection on Self-Esteem, Loneliness, Anxiety, and Wellbeing
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Tamba, Georgiana Ioana; Iancu, Ioana – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2023
Digital communication is a great facilitator of human connection, positively contributing to life satisfaction and prosocial behavior. However, the existing findings also insist on the drawbacks of the digital communication, as low levels of wellbeing satisfaction, or happiness. Thus, aiming to reconciliate the two sets of assumptions and relying…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Usability, Value Judgment
Social Media Engagement, Perceptions of Social Media Costs and Benefits, and Well-Being in College Student-Athletes
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Christopher T. Barry; Kelli Moran-Miller; Hannah F. Levy; Tiffany Gray – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: The present study investigated the association between social media engagement and factors related to well-being (e.g., depression, anxiety, sleep, loneliness, self-esteem). Participants: A sample of 1120 college student-athletes (338 males, 777 females, 5 identified as non-binary) from nine universities participated in this study.…
Descriptors: Social Media, Student Attitudes, Well Being, Opportunities
Investigating the Relationship among Social Media Addiction, Cognitive Absorption, and Self-Esteem
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Akkus Çutuk, Zeynep – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
The present study aimed at testing a model developed to uncover the relationships among social media addiction, cognitive absorption, and self-esteem. This study's sample consisted of 361 university students, 198 of whom were females, and 163 were males. Data were collected using the Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS), the Cognitive Absorption…
Descriptors: Social Media, Addictive Behavior, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
Great Escape or Path to Self-Expression?: Development and Validation of a Scale of Motivations for Text Messaging
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Trub, Leora; Barbot, Baptiste – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2020
The "Messaging Motivations Questionnaire" ("MMQ") is a concise 8-item measure, which consists of two subscales capturing people's typical motivations to text. The MMQ was developed through focus groups and item analysis based on a pilot study, followed by a larger validation study involving a sample of 982 young adults. Factor…
Descriptors: Likert Scales, Questionnaires, Computer Mediated Communication, Self Expression
Psychological Correlates of Teen Sexting in Three Countries--Direct and Indirect Associations between Self-Control, Self-Esteem, and Sexting
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Wachs, Sebastian; Wright, Michelle F.; Wolf, Karsten D. – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2017
The present study investigates frequency rates of sexting, and examines the associations of sexting with self-control and self-esteem as psychological correlates. The study sample included 1,818 adolescents between 12 and 17 years (M[subscript age] = 14.3, SD = 1.4) from Germany, the Netherlands, and Thailand. Across the three countries, the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Self Control
Predicting Teen Sexting in an Urban High School
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Gregg, David; Somers, Cheryl Leigh – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
The purpose of this research study was to examine rates, recipients, and predictors of teen sexting. A sample of 314 high school students in an urban area of Southeast Michigan were surveyed. Males were more likely to engage in nearly all forms of sexting. Impulsivity, frequency of electronic communication, peer pressure, peer sexting, and peer…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Computer Mediated Communication, Urban Areas, High School Students
Psychological Factors Associated with Smartphone Addiction in South Korean Adolescents
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Lee, Jeewon; Sung, Min-Je; Song, Sook-Hyung; Lee, Young-Moon; Lee, Je-Jung; Cho, Sun-Mi; Park, Mi-Kyung; Shin, Yun-Mi – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
The smartphone has many attractive attributes and characteristics that could make it highly addictive, particularly in adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of young adolescents in risk of smartphone addiction and the psychological factors associated with smartphone addiction. Four hundred ninety middle school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
An Investigation of the Relationship between High-School Students' Problematic Mobile Phone Use and Their Self-Esteem Levels
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Isiklar, Abdullah; Sar, Ali Haydar; Durmuscelebi, Mustafa – Education, 2013
Excessive mobile phone use, especially among adolescents, brings too many debates about its effects. To this end, in this study, we try to investigate the relationship between adolescents' mobile phone use and their self-esteem levels with regard to their genders. For 919 high school students, we evaluated mobile phone use concerning their…
Descriptors: High School Students, Handheld Devices, Investigations, Self Esteem
Proceedings of the International Conferences on Internet Technologies & Society (ITS), Education Technologies (ICEduTECH), and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE) (Melbourne, Australia, December 6-8, 2016)
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Kommers, Piet, Ed.; Issa, Tomayess, Ed.; Issa, Theodora, Ed.; McKay, Elspeth, Ed.; Isias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers and posters of the International Conferences on Internet Technologies & Society (ITS 2016), Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2016) and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE 2016), which have been organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries, Internet, Educational Technology