Distinguishing Different Types of Mobile Phone Addiction: Development and Validation of the Mobile Phone Addiction Type Scale (MPATS) in Adolescents and Young Adults [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 Researchers have developed various versions of scales to measure mobile phone addiction. Existing scales, however, focus primarily on the overall level of mobile phone addiction but do not distinguish the potential differences between different types of mobile phone addiction.
Qingqi Liu, Xiu-Juan Yang
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The mediating role of psychological resilience and loneliness between physical activity and mobile phone addiction among adolescents [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionObjectiveTo explore the relationship between physical activity and mobile phone addiction in adolescents and further explore the mediating chain effect of psychological resilience and loneliness.Methods1,226 adolescents were investigated by an ...
Xiaofen Ding, Wanlin Liu
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Mobile phone addiction in African societies. [PDF]
Front PsycholSmartphone adoption has risen rapidly across Africa, yet psychological models of problematic smartphone use (PSU) derive mainly from samples drawn from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) populations and from individualistic assumptions. In collectivist settings, Ubuntu
Khumalo T.
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Negative life events and mobile phone addiction among Chinese vocational college students: a chain-mediation model of perceived stress and psychological resilience [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundMobile phone addiction not only poses potential adverse effects on the effective implementation of educational and teaching activities, but also exerts a detrimental influence on students’ mental health.
Lijuan Xu, Li Li
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The relationship between mobile phone addiction and depression, anxiety among Chinese college students: the mediating role of friendship quality and the moderating effect of preference for solitude [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryBackgroundThe university stage represents a critical period for the development of individual mental health. Mobile phone addiction is closely linked to depression and anxiety among college students, and both friendship quality and preference for ...
Xin Mi, Xincheng Li
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Fighting Mobile Phone Addiction with Forgiveness Following Interpersonal Transgressions: A Psychological Compensation Perspective [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesCurrent research on addressing mobile phone addiction primarily focuses on mitigating the influence of psychopathological factors. In the present work, we conducted three studies to investigate a novel hypothesis that forgiveness, as a form of ...
Gang Du, Xiaogang Wang
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New perspectives on mobile phone addiction based on network analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryBackgroundMobile phone addiction represents a widespread concern associated with negative health consequences, influenced by various protective and risk factors.
Rui Qiu +5 more
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The effect of mobile phone addiction on sleep procrastination in adolescents: The longitudinal mediating role of physical activity behavior. [PDF]
PLoS ONEPurposeThis study explores the impact of adolescent mobile phone addiction on sleep delay and analyzes the longitudinal mediating role of physical activity behavior.
Wanbin Yu +3 more
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Mobile Phone Addiction and Academic Procrastination in Adolescents: The Serial Mediating Roles of Self‐Regulation and Psychological Resilience and the Moderating Role of the Parent‐Child Relationship [PDF]
Brain and BehaviorBackground Mobile phone addiction and academic procrastination are two common behavioral challenges among adolescents. While prior research has documented their association, the underlying mechanisms—particularly the mediating roles of self‐regulation ...
Yang Liu +5 more
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Mobile Phones: Vital Addiction or Lethal Addiction? Mobile Phone Usage Patterns and Assessment of Mobile Addiction among Undergraduate Medical Students in Telangana, India [PDF]
Journal of Addiction, 2021 Background. Increased mobile phone usage among undergraduate medical students causes a detrimental effect on their health. The main focus of this study is to determine the pattern of mobile phone usage among undergraduate medical students in Hyderabad, India, and the detrimental effect on their health due to excess mobile use. Materials and Methods.
Vinay Jahagirdar +3 more
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