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Ofir Turel
Researcher at California State University, Fullerton
Publications - 251
Citations - 9477
Ofir Turel is an academic researcher from California State University, Fullerton. The author has contributed to research in topics: Addiction & Information system. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 219 publications receiving 7236 citations. Previous affiliations of Ofir Turel include California State University & Information Technology University.
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Agency over social media use can be enhanced through brief abstinence, but only in users with high cognitive reflection tendencies
Ofir Turel,Ofir Turel +1 more
TL;DR: If invoking reflections on agency is followed by a brief abstinence attempt, people will process insights on their actual ability to exert control over social media use, which will result in an increase in perceived agency, and it is argued that this information processing will only accrue in people high in cognitive reflection tendencies.
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The impact of social networking sites use on health-related outcomes among UK adolescents
TL;DR: It is shown that established sex differences in sleep hygiene and healthy eating, which have been explained from the psychological and physiological perspective in prior research, can also stem from differences in social media use patterns.
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Integrating Technology Addiction and Adoption: An Empirical Investigation of Online Auction Websites.
TL;DR: The findings of an empirical study of 132 eBay users indicate that addiction to online auction websites augments user perceptions of the usefulness and enjoyment attributed to the technology, which in turn influence future usage.
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E-waste information security protection motivation: the role of optimism bias
Hao Chen,Ofir Turel,Yufei Yuan +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors take the protection motivation theory (PMT) lens of analysis to understand intentions to protect one's discarded electronic assets and highlight the role of optimism bias in such decisions and highlight potential interventions that can help to alleviate this information security risk behavior.
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Adoption and non-adoption motivational risk beliefs in the use of mobile services for health promotion
Mihail Cocosila,Ofir Turel +1 more
TL;DR: The significant role of non-adoption risk belief that captures the negative consequences individuals may perceive if they fail to use as expected a mobile service application designed specifically to help them is demonstrated.