Smartphone Addiction and Personality: Review of International Research

Mobile phones are perhaps the most popular digital devices that accompany us all time. Smartphones certainly provide with many conveniences but at same time these reason why users develop a pathological condition known as nomophobia or smartphone addiction, i. e., fear of losing phone contact being away from network coverage. Many people, especially teenagers and children, cannot imagine their life without smartphones try never to part them. Phone addicts, due fact attention is constantly riveted screen, efficiently study, do work thoughtfully productively, establish relationships others and, in general, live full-fledged life. Smartphone addiction new phenomenon, one widespread non-medical addictions, which its scale has already left behind Internet gambling, forming dangerous conglomerate Numerous studies show detrimental effect on important aspects modern The purpose this article an analytical review international relationship between psychological socio-psychological characteristics personality. choice initial data for analysis was made it them (much earlier than Russian ones) largest number empirical results were obtained, significant theoretical practical interest. topic much smaller, while carried out small samples only discussions research results. Thus, can be stated extensive information accumulated by researcher dependence used insufficiently scientific community. positively associated such negative factors depression, anxiety, stress, decreased self-esteem self-control, sleep health problems, low quality dissatisfaction it, family poor school performance danger becoming victim cyberbullying. Much higher typical younger users. Assessments correlated female, smoking consuming alcohol. A serious obstacle relevant lack Russian-language measuring instruments. To eliminate obstacle, author adapted validated Addiction Scale (SAS) M. Kwon et al. Russian-speaking society, developed reliable valid Short Version Questionnaire. In obtained serve basis working hypotheses well cross-cultural research.