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Eide TA, Aarestad SH, Andreassen CS, et al. Smartphone Restriction and Its Effect on Subjective Withdrawal Related Scores. Front Psychol. 2018;9:1444doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01444.
Eide, T. A., Aarestad, S. H., Andreassen, C. S., Bilder, R. M., & Pallesen, S. (2018). Smartphone Restriction and Its Effect on Subjective Withdrawal Related Scores. Frontiers in psychology, 91444. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01444
Eide, Tine A, et al. "Smartphone Restriction and Its Effect on Subjective Withdrawal Related Scores." Frontiers in psychology vol. 9 (2018): 1444. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01444
Eide TA, Aarestad SH, Andreassen CS, Bilder RM, Pallesen S. Smartphone Restriction and Its Effect on Subjective Withdrawal Related Scores. Front Psychol. 2018 Aug 13;9:1444. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01444. eCollection 2018. PMID: 30150959; PMCID: PMC6099124.
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Front Psychol. 2018 Aug 13;9:1444. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01444. eCollection 2018.

Smartphone Restriction and Its Effect on Subjective Withdrawal Related Scores.

Frontiers in psychology

Tine A Eide, Sarah H Aarestad, Cecilie S Andreassen, Robert M Bilder, Ståle Pallesen

Affiliations

  1. Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
  2. Department of Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
  3. Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
  4. Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.

PMID: 30150959 PMCID: PMC6099124 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01444

Abstract

Excessive smartphone use has been associated with a number of negative consequences for the individual and the environment. Some similarities can be observed between excessive smartphone usage and several behavioural addictions, and continual usage constitutes one of several characteristics included in addiction. In the extreme high end of the distribution of smartphone usage, smartphone restriction might be expected to elicit negative effects for individuals. These negative effects may be regarded as withdrawal symptoms traditionally associated with substance-related addictions. To address this timely issue, the present study examined scores on the Smartphone Withdrawal Scale (SWS), the Fear of Missing Out Scale (FoMOS) and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) during 72 h of smartphone restriction. A sample of 127 participants (72.4% women), aged 18-48 years (

Keywords: FoMO; PANAS; behavioural addiction; experimental study; restriction; smartphone; withdrawal

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