Generic Scale of Phubbing, GSP

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Phubbing occurs when people snub or ignore other people in their company by concentrating on their smartphone instead. A phubber may experience an inability to monitor or control their smartphone and Internet use appropriately, a compulsive apprehension about missing an opportunity for other satisfying events, and an inability to regulate mobile phone use and etiquette when experiencing temptation.

Being a phubbee involves being at the receiving end of phubbing behavior. People can be phubbers and phubbees at the same time. Ignoring interaction partners in favor of a smartphone may cause phubbing behaviors to be reciprocated. Individuals may remain silent or exhibit reactionary behaviors when they are phubbed.

In a similar way to being a phubber, being a phubbee appears to have negative consequences. For example, phubbees are less satisfied with their interactions, feel less connectedness to their interaction partners, and experience thwarted fundamental human needs, especially the need to belong.

(*) Nomophobia – fear of detachment from one's mobile phone.