Differences in Reward Sensitivity between High and Low Problematic Smartphone Use Adolescents: An ERP Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Problematic Smartphone Use and Reward Sensitivity in Adolescents
1.2. Biomarkers of Reward and Punishment Feedbacks
2. Method
2.1. Participants
2.2. The Monetary and Social Reward Tasks
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Psychophysiological Recording, Data Reduction, and Analysis
3. Results
Neural Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Ethical Approval
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ERPs | Conditions | LPSUs | HPSUs | t | d | p | 95% CI | |
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P3 | SR | 10.51 ± 5.41 | 12.68 ± 5.08 | −1.39 | −0.42 | 0.17 | −5.31 | 0.97 |
MR | 8.95 ± 7.87 | 8.93 ± 6.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.99 | −4.20 | 4.25 | |
SP | 11.29 ± 6.18 | 12.14 ± 4.33 | −0.53 | −0.16 | 0.60 | −4.07 | 2.39 | |
MP | 8.39 ± 7.56 | 10.70 ± 5.74 | −1.15 | −0.35 | 0.26 | −6.36 | 1.75 | |
FRN | SR | −4.59 ± 4.58 | −5.14 ± 3.40 | 0.45 | 0.14 | 0.66 | −1.89 | 2.98 |
MR | −5.32 ± 4.79 | −6.63 ± 5.05 | 0.90 | 0.27 | 0.37 | −1.62 | 4.24 | |
SP | −3.94 ± 4.44 | −5.40 ± 3.79 | 1.19 | 0.36 | 0.24 | −1.02 | 3.94 | |
MP | −4.67 ± 4.53 | −5.20 ± 6.50 | 0.32 | 0.10 | 0.75 | −2.76 | 3.81 | |
RewP | SF | 0.88 ± 0.29 | 0.95 ± 0.39 | −0.64 | −0.20 | 0.52 | −0.27 | 0.14 |
MF | 0.97 ± 0.61 | 0.66 ± 0.43 | 1.94 | 0.59 | 0.06 | −0.01 | 0.63 |
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Deng, X.; Gao, Q.; Hu, L.; Zhang, L.; Li, Y.; Bu, X. Differences in Reward Sensitivity between High and Low Problematic Smartphone Use Adolescents: An ERP Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 9603. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189603
Deng X, Gao Q, Hu L, Zhang L, Li Y, Bu X. Differences in Reward Sensitivity between High and Low Problematic Smartphone Use Adolescents: An ERP Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(18):9603. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189603
Chicago/Turabian StyleDeng, Xinmei, Qiufeng Gao, Lijun Hu, Lin Zhang, Yanzhen Li, and Xiangyu Bu. 2021. "Differences in Reward Sensitivity between High and Low Problematic Smartphone Use Adolescents: An ERP Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 18: 9603. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189603