A cross-lagged panel model for testing the bidirectional relationship between depression and smartphone addiction and the influences of maladaptive metacognition on them in Chinese adolescents

CONCLUSIONS: Findings of this study showed that the relationship between depression and smartphone addiction was unidirectional rather than bidirectional among Chinese adolescents. Specifically, depression predicted smartphone addiction, while maladaptive metacognition predicted depression. Depression also mediated the relationship between maladaptive metacognition and smartphone addiction. The findings suggest that incorporating metacognition and depression interventions into smartphone addiction prevention designs for adolescents may be beneficial.PMID:33971499 | DOI:10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106978

Source: Addictive Behaviors - May 10, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Hui Zhou Le Dang Long W Lam Meng Xuan Zhang Anise M S Wu Source Type: research