Emotion regulation has been proposed as a mechanism for the development of problematic smartphone use. In addition to examining the relationship between emotion regulation difficulties and problematic smartphone use, the current study sought to be the first to examine the relationship between subscales of emotion regulation difficulties and problematic smartphone use. It also sought to determine whether emotion regulation difficulties provide incremental prediction of problematic smartphone use over and above personality. Participants were 692 Australian university students (81% female; age in years M = 25.23, SD = 7.48). They completed a measure of problematic smartphone use, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, and a measure of Big Five personality (IPIP 120). Overall emotion regulation difficulties (r = 0.40) and impulse control difficulties (r = 0.42) were moderately associated with problematic smartphone use, as were the Big Five factors of neuroticism (r = 0.43) and conscientiousness (r = −0.38). Although emotion regulation difficulties predicted problematic smartphone use, they did not provide incremental prediction over and above the Big Five. Findings indicate that personality is a robust predictor of problematic smartphone use. Emotion regulation difficulties, such as impulsivity, offer insights into the specific ways that personality is expressed in problematic smartphone use.

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情绪调节困难，个性和智能手机使用问题

已经提出了情绪调节作为发展有问题的智能手机使用的机制。除了研究情绪调节困难和有问题的智能手机使用之间的关系外，当前的研究还试图成为第一个研究情绪调节困难的子量表与有问题的智能手机使用之间的关系的研究。它还试图确定情绪调节困难是否能够提供除个性之外的智能手机使用问题的增量预测。参加者为692名澳大利亚大学生（81％女；年龄，M岁 = 25.23，SD = 7.48）。他们完成了对智能手机使用问题的评估，情绪调节困难量表和对大五人格（IPIP 120）的评估。总体情绪调节困难（r =  0.40）和冲动控制困难（r =  0.42）与有问题的智能手机使用有中度相关性，神经质的五个主要因素（r  = 0.43）和尽责性（r = −0.38）。尽管情绪调节困难预示了智能手机的使用会出现问题，但它们并没有提供超过“五巨头”的增量预测。研究结果表明，个性是智能手机使用问题的有力预测指标。诸如冲动之类的情绪调节困难为洞悉智能手机使用中个性表达的具体方式提供了见识。