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Exploring the Relationship Between Smartphone Screen Time and Affect in University Students, Moderated by Trait Creativity : An Experience Sampling Method Study
Kast, Sarah (2023) Exploring the Relationship Between Smartphone Screen Time and Affect in University Students, Moderated by Trait Creativity : An Experience Sampling Method Study.
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| Abstract: | Excessive smartphone screen time has detrimental effects on physical and mental well-being of university students. There is only limited research on the relation with daily fluctuations of affect and on moderating factors such as personality differences. Therefore, this study explored the association between smartphone screen time and both positive and negative affects separately. The personality trait creativity was included as potential moderator. The Experience Sampling Methodology was applied for two weeks among 38 university students. Participants’ trait creativity was measured. Each morning, self-reported smartphone screen time of the previous day was assessed retrospectively. The evening questionnaires measured the state positive and negative affect levels of that day. Data were visualised with EMMs, and LMMs were employed to test for association and moderation. A significant association was found between screen time and positive affect (p < .001). While trait creativity did not significantly influence that association, it showed a main effect on positive affect (p = .011). Screen time lost its statistical significance as a predictor of positive affect when creativity was added. This highlights the importance of accounting for individual traits like creativity when exploring the impact of screen time on affect as well as the need for further research. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/96811 |
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