ADDICTA: The Turkish Journal on Addictions
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Modeling Emotion Regulation and Subjective Happiness: Smartphone Addiction as a Mediator

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Department of Psychological Counselling and Guidance, Artvin Çoruh University School of Education, Artvin, Turkey

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Department of Psychological Counselling and Guidance, Yıldız Technical University School of Education, İstanbul, Turkey

Addicta 2020; 7: 146-152
DOI: 10.5152/ADDICTA.2020.20035
Read: 1814 Downloads: 1033 Published: 11 June 2020

This study aimed to investigate the mediational role of smartphone addiction in the relationship between emotion regulation and subjective happiness. Participants were 320 university student volunteers (167 women and 153 men) from two state universities in Turkey. They completed a self-report questionnaire about emotion regulation, smartphone addiction, and subjective happiness. Structural equation modeling (SEM) and bootstrapping were applied to test the mediational role of smartphone addiction in the relationship between emotion regulation and subjective happiness. The results indicated that reappraisal predicted lower smartphone addiction scores and higher subjective happiness scores. On the contrary, suppression predicted higher smartphone addiction scores and lower subjective happiness scores. In addition, smartphone addiction proved to be a partial mediator between emotion regulation strategies and subjective happiness. Therefore, the results of this study support the evidence for the impact of emotion regulation on subjective happiness through smartphone addiction.

Cite this article as: Satıcı, B., & Deniz, M.E. (2020). Modeling emotion regulation and subjective happiness: Smartphone addiction as a mediator. Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions, 7(3), 146-152.

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