The relative contribution of spiritual emptiness and stress management skills in predicting phubbing behavior of widows: Bayesian analysis

The authors of this study examined the levels of spiritual emptiness, stress management skills, and phubbing behavior in widows who had lost their husbands in the past six months. It also aimed to identify differences in these variables due to demographic characteristics and to explore the predictability of phubbing behavior from spiritual emptiness and stress management skills. The study sample consisted of 138 widows with an average age of 49, who completed scales assessing spiritual emptiness, stress management skills, and phubbing behavior. The authors' results indicated that widows had average levels of spiritual emptiness and phubbing behavior, but they had high levels of stress management skills. Additionally, differences in these variables were found due to age, employment status, and the number of widows' children's age. The authors' analysis revealed that phubbing behavior in widows could be predicted from spiritual emptiness and stress management skills.