An early glance into smartphone dependence in a rural LMIC and relationships with mindfulness and depressive symptoms

• Main Authors: Pang, Nicholas Tze Ping, Mathias Wen Leh Tseu, Gloria Pei Ying Lee, Helda Artika Honey, Jane Ivana Joss, Mohd Amiruddin Mohd Kassim, Min Kwon
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Primrose Hall Publishing Group 2020
• Subjects: BF Psychology; T Technology (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27524/1/An%20early%20glance%20into%20smartphone%20dependence%20in%20a%20rural%20LMIC%20and%20relationships%20with%20mindfulness%20and%20depressive%20symptoms%20ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27524/2/An%20early%20glance%20into%20smartphone%20dependence%20in%20a%20rural%20LMIC%20and%20relationships%20with%20mindfulness%20and%20depressive%20symptoms%20FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27524/; https://www.ijicc.net/images/Vol_14/Iss_12/141203_Pang_2020_E1_R.pdf

A rising issue in the child and adolescent global mental health pandemic is smartphone addiction. However, most evidence has come from urbanised countries in the developed world or university undergraduate students in LAMICs. This study aims to ascertain core psychometric properties of a previously...