Isabel Martínez-Álvarez

The relationship between trait mindfulness and problematic smartphone use: the serial mediation role of difficulties with emotion regulation and fear of missing out.

Psychology, Health & Medicine September 8, 2026 Sergio Hidalgo-Fuentes, Isabel Martínez-Álvarez, Elisa González-Pérez et al.

Problematic smartphone use (PSU) has emerged as a widespread behavioural concern, particularly among university students. The present study employed a preregistered design to ensure analytic transparency and confirmatory hypothesis testing, examining a serial mediation model under which difficulties with emotion regulation and fear of missing out (FOMO) explain the association between trait...