A cross-national study of nomophobia among Brazilian, Chinese, French, and U.S. young people: The role of materialism

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dc.contributor.authorGentina, Elodie
dc.contributor.authorMaille, Virginie
dc.contributor.authorLi, Zhen
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-11T13:01:03Z
dc.date.available2023-08-11T13:01:03Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionArticle originally published in Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 54(5), 547–573. English. Published online 2023. https://doi.org/10.1525/esr.2019.421003
dc.description.abstractWhy do young people from Generation Z (born between 1995 and the mid-2000s) become nomophobic consumers of smartphones? This research aims for a better understanding of nomophobia, the fear of being without mobile phone contact, and this from a cross-national perspective. Data collected from 1,326 young people (aged 16-24) from Brazil, China, France, and the United States demonstrate that nomophobia is positively related to materialism, the value that consumers place on the acquisition of material objects. A structural equation model shows that the different dimensions of materialism do not affect nomophobia uniformly across national identity. Nomophobia is positively related to the happiness dimension (possessions needed for happiness) in Brazil, to the success dimension (possessions as indicators of success) in China, and to the centrality dimension (possessions as central for the self) in France and the United States. These findings have notable implications for practitioners and researchers.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe would like to thank IESEG School of Management, KEDGE Business School, and SKEMA Business School for financial support.en_US
dc.identifier.citationThis is the post-print version of an article that is available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221231176060. Recommended citation: Gentina, E., Maille, V., & Li, Z. (2023). A cross-national study of nomophobia among Brazilian, Chinese, French, and U.S. young people: The role of materialism. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 54(5), 547–573. This item has been deposited in accordance with publisher copyright and licensing terms and with the author’s permission.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11274/15375
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/00220221231176060
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.subjectNomophobiaen_US
dc.subjectYouthen_US
dc.subjectDigital nativesen_US
dc.subjectMaterialismen_US
dc.subjectNational identityen_US
dc.subjectSEMen_US
dc.titleA cross-national study of nomophobia among Brazilian, Chinese, French, and U.S. young people: The role of materialismen_US
dc.typePost-Printen_US

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