Self and other ratings of problematic smartphone use: The role of personality and relationship type

Abstract Reliance on self-report to measure problematic smartphone use is a limitation of the extant literature. It unclear whether self- and other-ratings converge correlations between personality self-reported are distorted by common method bias. The current study provides first comprehensive assessment self-other agreement relationship other-rated in large sample young adults. Focal participants (n = 1073) were Australian university students who completed measures Big Five (IPIP) HEXACO (HEXACO PI-R) personality, use. One or more people knew focal participant well (n = 2445) rated participant's People their own as than did others. Self- correlated 0.38. pattern other-other indicated that self-ratings accurate other-ratings. high neuroticism low conscientiousness predicting greater was observed for both Findings suggest reasonably valid, usage observable, robust.