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The relationship between loneliness and mobile phone addiction among Chinese college students: The mediating role of anthropomorphism and moderating role of family support.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
BackgroundLoneliness and mobile phone addiction are common phenomena in our daily life that can lead to physical and psychological maladaptation. Although loneliness has been considered to be correlated with adolescents' mobile phone addiction, the ...
Yanhong Zhang   +5 more
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A preliminary investigation into the prevalence and prediction of problematic cell phone use [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background and aims Likening mobile phone use dependency to the classification of excessive behaviors may be necessarily equivalent in seriousness to previously established addictions such as problematic computing or excessive gambling.
Amiel T   +45 more
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The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Mobile Phone Addiction in Chinese College Students: A Serial Multiple Mediator Model

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
Mobile phone addiction is a universal phenomenon that has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Previous researches revealed a significant relation between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and addiction.
Wenfu Li   +3 more
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Family cohesion and adaptability reduces mobile phone addiction: the mediating and moderating roles of automatic thoughts and peer attachment

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
With the popularity of mobile Internet devices, the incidence of mobile phone addiction has been increasing, which has aroused the concern of all sectors of society.
Shuai-Lei Lian   +9 more
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A preliminary investigation of materialism and impulsiveness as predictors of technological addictions among young adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background and aims: The primary objective of the present research is to investigate the drivers of technological addiction in college students — heavy users of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
Alavi S. S.   +53 more
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Mobile Phone Addiction and Academic Procrastination Negatively Impact Academic Achievement Among Chinese Medical Students

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
The problem of mobile phone addiction and academic procrastination among medical students has been widely acknowledged. This study aimed to explore the influence of demographic factors on mobile phone addiction, academic procrastination, and academic ...
Jing Tian   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smartphone use can be addictive? A case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background and aims The use of mobile phones has become an integral part of everyday life. Young people in particular can be observed using their smartphones constantly, and they not only make or receive calls but also use different applications or just ...
Brutóczki, Zita   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Mobile Phone Addiction and Loneliness among Teenagers [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Indian Psychology, 2015
The aim of this study is to analyse mobile phone addiction & loneliness among. Survey research is used for this study. To collect data; personal information form, mobile phone addiction scale, and -loneliness scale were applied for 40 students who are from different colleges in Mumbai city. To analyze these data; correlation, t test were calculated.
null Miss. Sode Jaimala Ashok   +1 more
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Problematic mobile phone use and smartphone addiction across generations: the roles of psychopathological symptoms and smartphone use [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Contemporary technological advances have led to a significant increase in using mobile technologies. Recent research has pointed to potential problems as a consequence of mobile overuse, including addiction, financial problems, dangerous use (i.e. whilst
A Bedford   +36 more
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Mobile Phone to Youngsters: Necessity or Addiction

open access: yesInformation Management and Business Review, 2011
This study focuses on exploring the pattern of mobile phone usage among youngsters in Pakistan to delineate the extent of addictive behavior towards its usage. For this purpose questionnaires were used to elicit the responses. University students were selected as population and simple random sampling technique was used.
Ishfaq Ahmed, Khadija Aijaz Perji .
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