Phubbing in Romantic Relationships: Cell Phone Use, Couple Satisfaction, Psychological Well-Being and Mental Health
The purpose of this study was to evaluate if frequent cell phone use (phubbing) has a direct impact in the couple’s satisfaction, and an indirect effect on the psychological well-being and mental health of Puerto Rican. Study 1 examines the psychometric properties of the Partner Phubbing Scale and t...
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| author | Juan A. González-Rivera Lorna M. Segura-Abreu Valerie Urbistondo-Rodríguez |
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| description | The purpose of this study was to evaluate if frequent cell phone use (phubbing) has a direct impact in the couple’s satisfaction, and an indirect effect on the psychological well-being and mental health of Puerto Rican. Study 1 examines the psychometric properties of the Partner Phubbing Scale and the Cell Phone Conflict Scale. The scales were found to be highly reliable and valid. Study 2 assessed the study’s proposed relationships among a non-probabilistic sample of 392 Puerto Ricans, selected by availability. The results showed a significant mediation of couple’s satisfaction in the relationship between phubbing, psychological well-being and mental health. Overall, participants who rated more phubbing in their relationships also reported lower couple’s satisfaction, more symptoms related to depression, anxiety and stress, and lower psychological well-being. Our study provides empirical evidence on the negative effect of excessive use of cell phones within romantic relationships, as well on people’s mental health. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-024cfdf97adf403ebe80ae6e4a7bcfbc2025-02-02T14:16:24ZengInstituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica – IPOPSInteracciones2411-59402413-44652018-05-0142819110.24016/2018.v4n2.117Phubbing in Romantic Relationships: Cell Phone Use, Couple Satisfaction, Psychological Well-Being and Mental HealthJuan A. González-Rivera0Lorna M. Segura-Abreu1Valerie Urbistondo-Rodríguez2Universidad Carlos Albizu, Recinto de San Juan, Puerto RicoUniversidad Carlos Albizu, Recinto de San Juan, Puerto RicoUniversidad Carlos Albizu, Recinto de San Juan, Puerto RicoThe purpose of this study was to evaluate if frequent cell phone use (phubbing) has a direct impact in the couple’s satisfaction, and an indirect effect on the psychological well-being and mental health of Puerto Rican. Study 1 examines the psychometric properties of the Partner Phubbing Scale and the Cell Phone Conflict Scale. The scales were found to be highly reliable and valid. Study 2 assessed the study’s proposed relationships among a non-probabilistic sample of 392 Puerto Ricans, selected by availability. The results showed a significant mediation of couple’s satisfaction in the relationship between phubbing, psychological well-being and mental health. Overall, participants who rated more phubbing in their relationships also reported lower couple’s satisfaction, more symptoms related to depression, anxiety and stress, and lower psychological well-being. Our study provides empirical evidence on the negative effect of excessive use of cell phones within romantic relationships, as well on people’s mental health.http://ojs.revistainteracciones.com/index.php/ojs/article/view/117/htmlCell phonescouple’s satisfactionmental healthphubbingwell-being |
| spellingShingle | Juan A. González-Rivera Lorna M. Segura-Abreu Valerie Urbistondo-Rodríguez Phubbing in Romantic Relationships: Cell Phone Use, Couple Satisfaction, Psychological Well-Being and Mental Health Interacciones Cell phones couple’s satisfaction mental health phubbing well-being |
| title | Phubbing in Romantic Relationships: Cell Phone Use, Couple Satisfaction, Psychological Well-Being and Mental Health |
| title_full | Phubbing in Romantic Relationships: Cell Phone Use, Couple Satisfaction, Psychological Well-Being and Mental Health |
| title_fullStr | Phubbing in Romantic Relationships: Cell Phone Use, Couple Satisfaction, Psychological Well-Being and Mental Health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phubbing in Romantic Relationships: Cell Phone Use, Couple Satisfaction, Psychological Well-Being and Mental Health |
| title_short | Phubbing in Romantic Relationships: Cell Phone Use, Couple Satisfaction, Psychological Well-Being and Mental Health |
| title_sort | phubbing in romantic relationships cell phone use couple satisfaction psychological well being and mental health |
| topic | Cell phones couple’s satisfaction mental health phubbing well-being |
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