Avoidance or boredom: Negative mental health outcomes associated with use of Information and Communication Technologies depend on users’ motivations
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Highlights：
• High engagement with cell phones and Internet is linked with anxiety and depression.
• Using devices to alleviate boredom is not associated with anxiety and depression.
• Using devices for emotional coping is associated with anxiety and depression.
• Mobile phones may provide a “security blanket effect” in anxiety-inducing situations.
• Path of short-term stress was almost the same irrespective of coping mechanism used.
摘要
•High engagement with cell phones and Internet is linked with anxiety and depression.•Using devices to alleviate boredom is not associated with anxiety and depression.•Using devices for emotional coping is associated with anxiety and depression.•Mobile phones may provide a “security blanket effect” in anxiety-inducing situations.•Path of short-term stress was almost the same irrespective of coping mechanism used.
论文关键词：Mobile phones,Smartphones,Internet,Avoidance coping,Escapism,Mental health
论文评审过程：Received 31 October 2015, Revised 21 December 2015, Accepted 27 December 2015, Available online 16 January 2016, Version of Record 16 January 2016.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.12.062
