This systematic review assessed the psychometric properties and the cross-cultural
adaptation of the University of California and Los Angeles Loneliness scale (UCLA-LS) in …

Social media emerged as a primary source of information among young users, but its severe
effect on mental state due to information overload, still an area of concern for the …

Phubbing (ie, snubbing someone in face-to-face interactions by focusing on one's phone
instead of those present) has increased enormously in recent years and has become a …

Many researchers have examined the potential detrimental role of problematic social media
use (often referred as 'social media addiction') on mental health. The present study …

One of the family patterns crucial for mental and physical well-being is differentiation of self.
In this study, our aim was to investigate its impact on the phenomenon of phubbing—where …

Smartphones provide many advantages for people's daily life, which makes the phone
become a valuable attachment object. Attachment to a smartphone may have negative …

A growing body of research indicates that phubbing can negatively influence adolescent
development, it is not clear how perceived parental phubbing, adolescent phubbing, and …

Phubbing—ie excluding and ignoring others through smartphone use—is a pervasive
phenomenon. Yet, a comprehensive understanding of its consequences is still lacking. This …

Mobile phones use has not been without several social and psychological problems,
specifically during the fast spread of the COVID-19 infection, which imposed strict restrictions …

A growing body of research has pinpointed the consequences as well as mechanisms of
phubbing. However, few studies have explored the relationship between peer phubbing and …