The Relationship Between Expressive Suppression and Problematic Smartphone Use

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10.2991/ahsr.k.211130.043How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Expressive suppression; Problematic smartphone use; Emotion

Abstract

Expressive suppression is an emotion regulation strategy that refers to the inhibition of emotion-expressive behaviour. Habitual, high expressive suppression may be considered as a less effective strategy because it potentially maintains or even strengthens negative emotion. This experience may develop the urge to regulate their emotions and this urge may lead to smartphone use. In the I-PACE model, individuals can obtain gratification by using a certain smartphone application. This experience may become a reinforcement to develop this cycle. When smartphone use becomes excessive and leads to negative impacts in daily life, it is considered as problematic smartphone use (PSU). The aim of this study is to examine the relationships between expressive suppression and PSU. The study utilizes a correlational research design. An online questionnaire completed by 320 undergraduate students at a university in Jakarta with convenient sampling technique. It was found that expressive suppression has a positive significant relationship to PSU (r =.121, p <.05). This study is in accordance with the I-PACE model which emphasizes that high expressive suppression as an emotion dysregulation may be associated with severe PSU. Results indicate the importance to practice more adaptive emotion regulation strategies and the awareness to monitor smartphone activity from PSU risk.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Irene Apriani
AU  - Sri Tiatri
AU  - Beryl Ben Mergal
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/01
TI  - The Relationship Between Expressive Suppression and Problematic Smartphone Use
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Tarumanagara International Conference on Medicine and Health (TICMIH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 254
EP  - 258
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.211130.043
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.211130.043
ID  - Apriani2021
ER  -