The relationship between behavioral brain systems and smartphone addiction in students: the mediating role of attachment style
Subject Areas : روانشناسیYeganeh Mohammadi Tahroodi 1 , Mojtaba Rajab pour 2
1 - Master's student in Clinical Psychology, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran.
Keywords: behavioral brain systems, attachment style, smartphone addiction, student,
Abstract :
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between behavioral brain systems and smartphone addiction in students: the mediating role of attachment style. The research method of this present study was a descriptive correlational study with a structural equation approach. The statistical population of the study included all students of Islamic Azad University, Semnan Branch. The available sampling method was used and a sample of 351 people was selected based on the Morgan table. The tools used in this study included the Brain/Behavioral Systems Scale (BIS, BAS), Zhao's Mobile Phone Addiction Questionnaire, and the Collins and Reed Attachment Style Questionnaire (RAAS), which were completed by the participants in a self-report manner. Data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software using normality tests, Pearson correlation, and structural equations. The findings showed that the behavioral inhibition system has a positive relationship with smartphone addiction, and the behavioral activation system has a negative relationship with smartphone addiction. Also, close and anxious attachment styles were negatively and positively related to smartphone addiction, respectively. The structural model of the study confirmed that attachment styles act as mediators in the relationship between behavioral brain systems and smartphone addiction. The results of this study indicate that behavioral brain systems and attachment styles play an important role in smartphone addiction. These findings can help develop psychological interventions to reduce smartphone addiction and improve students' mental health.
