Temperament, Character and Cognitive Emotional Regulation in the Latent Profile Classification of Smartphone Addiction in University Students

The frequency of smartphone use has been increasing since COVID-19, and the problem addiction is expected to intensify in modern society where smartphones have diverse uses. According a recent study, cognitive emotional regulation strategies proven be effective deepening or alleviating addiction. Therefore, it necessary understand characteristics according various psychosocial approaches, including strategy. purpose this study classify potential profiles verify trends differences classified groups. A total 333 college students with an age range 22–25 were targeted. All subjects asked take Smartphone Addition Scale Based on Behavioral Addiction Criteria (SAS-B), Temperature Character Inventory (TCI), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ). In order conduct person-centered approach, Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) was used, analyzed using Mplus 7. As result, there significant classification groups for smart It found that high correlation between temperament character strategies. This useful as basic data treatment preventive approaches future.