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Prevalence of perceived stress, symptoms of depression and sleep disturbances in relation to information and communication technology (ICT) use among young adults - an explorative prospective study

Sara Thomée, +4 more
- 01 May 2007 - 
- Vol. 23, Iss: 3, pp 1300-1321
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It is suggested that ICT may have an impact on psychological health, although causal mechanisms are unclear, and number of mobile phone calls and SMS messages per day were associated with sleep disturbances.
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This article is published in Computers in Human Behavior.The article was published on 2007-05-01. It has received 257 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sleep disorder & Sleep deprivation.

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Mobile phone use and stress, sleep disturbances, and symptoms of depression among young adults - a prospective cohort study

TL;DR: High frequency of mobile phone use at baseline was a risk factor for mental health outcomes at 1-year follow-up among the young adults, and the risk for reporting mental health symptoms at follow- up was greatest among those who had perceived accessibility via mobile phones to be stressful.
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Problematic smartphone use: A conceptual overview and systematic review of relations with anxiety and depression psychopathology.

TL;DR: A systematic review of the relationship between problematic use with psychopathology and the severity of psychopathology found depression severity was consistently related to problematic smartphone use, demonstrating at least medium effect sizes.
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The dark side of smartphone usage: Psychological traits, compulsive behavior and technostress

TL;DR: The results suggest that compulsive usage of smartphone and technostress are positively related to psychological traits including locus of control, social interaction anxiety, materialism and the need for touch.
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E-mail as a Source and Symbol of Stress

TL;DR: It was found that the more time people spent handling e-mail, the greater was their sense of being overloaded, and the more e-mails they processed, thegreater their perceived ability to cope and untangle those technologies' seemingly contradictory influences.
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Cell-Phone Addiction: A Review

TL;DR: The present review reveals the coexistence relationship between problematic cell-phone use and substance use such as tobacco and alcohol and defines a distinct user profile that differentiates it from Internet addiction.
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Stress, appraisal, and coping

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a detailed theory of psychological stress, building on the concepts of cognitive appraisal and coping, which have become major themes of theory and investigation in psychology.
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Internet paradox: A social technology that reduces social involvement and psychological well-being?

TL;DR: Greater use of the Internet was associated with declines in participants' communication with family members in the household, declines in the size of their social circle, and increases in their depression and loneliness.
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Internet Paradox Revisited

TL;DR: Kraut et al. as discussed by the authors reported negative effects of using the Internet on social involvement and psychological well-being among new Internet users in 1995-96 and found that negative effects dissipated.
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