Mental disengagement mediates the effect of rumination on smartphone use: A latent growth curve analysis

• Main Authors: KHOO, Shi Ann Shuna, YANG, Hwajin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: objective smartphone use; rumination; mental disengagement; smartphone coping; latent growth curve; Communication Technology and New Media; Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3594; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4852/viewcontent/manuscript.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Rumination has consistently been found to predict excessive smartphone use. However, a paucity of research has examined the mechanism that underlies this relation. Drawing on relevant theoretical accounts, we examined whether specific coping functions that can be fulfilled through smartphones—i.e.,...