ABSTRACT

Phubbing is the act of snubbing someone during face-to-face interactions by using smartphones instead of paying attention to them. Although studies have examined phubbing in many different relationships, little is known about friend phubbing (Fphubbing). The present study examines which individual factors including indicators of mental health (i.e. depression and social anxiety) and personality traits (agreeableness and neuroticism) are significantly associated with Fphubbing, and how such behaviour is relevant to relational satisfaction with friends. Also, this study investigates the mediating role of Fphubbing between the proposed predictors and friendship satisfaction. Results showed that those with higher levels of depression, social anxiety, and neuroticism were significantly related to greater friend phubbing while agreeableness was negatively related to friend phubbing. In addition, greater Fphubbing led to lower levels of friendship satisfaction. Interestingly, Fphubbing mediated the relationships between each predictor of friend phubbing and friendship satisfaction. This study provides a theoretical framework to understand Fphubbing and contributes to filling a knowledge gap of phubbing in different relationship types.

摘要

Phubbing 是在面对面互动中通过使用智能手机而不是关注某人来冷落某人的行为。尽管研究已经检查了许多不同关系中的 phubbing，但对朋友 phubbing (Fphubbing) 知之甚少。本研究检查了哪些个体因素，包括心理健康指标（即抑郁和社交焦虑）和人格特质（宜人性和神经质）与 Fphubbing 显着相关，以及这种行为与与朋友的关系满意度如何相关。此外，本研究调查了 Fphubbing 在提议的预测变量和友谊满意度之间的中介作用。结果显示，抑郁、社交焦虑、和神经质与更大的朋友phubbing显着相关，而宜人性与朋友phubbing呈负相关。此外，更大的 Fphubbing 会导致友谊满意度降低。有趣的是，Fphubbing 调节了朋友 phubbing 的每个预测因子与友谊满意度之间的关系。本研究为理解 Fphubbing 提供了一个理论框架，并有助于填补不同关系类型中 phubbing 的知识空白。