@article{ref1,
title="Self-injury and smartphone addiction: age and gender differences in a community sample of adolescents presenting self-injurious behavior",
journal="Health psychology open",
year="2021",
author="Mancinelli, Elisa and Sharka, Ona and Lai, Tatiana and Sgaravatti, Eleonora and Salcuni, Silvia",
volume="8",
number="2",
pages="e20551029211038811-e20551029211038811",
abstract="This study aimed to identify the variables (i.e., internalizing, and externalizing problems, self-control, emotion dysregulation, and alexithymia) relevant for Smartphone Addiction and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), conceptualized as emotion-regulation strategies, also assessing age and gender differences. Based on power analysis, N = 78 Italian adolescents (11-19 years; M(age) = 14.24; SD = 1.56; 73.1% females) were considered. Step-wise multivariate linear regressions evidence a mutual association between NSSI and Smartphone Addiction, particularly relevant in pre-adolescence. Low self-control is significantly associated with the Smartphone Addiction, while emotion dysregulation and alexithymia with NSSI. This study supports NSSI and Smartphone Addiction conceptualization as emotion-regulation strategies and the importance of prevention interventions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2055-1029",
doi="10.1177/20551029211038811",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20551029211038811"
}