Social networking on smartphones: When mobile phones become addictive
TL;DR: It is found that the use of SNS mobile applications is a significant predictor of mobile addiction and the result shows that theUse of S NS mobile applications are affected by both SNS network size and SNS intensity of the user.
About: This article is published in Computers in Human Behavior.The article was published on 2013-11-01. It has received 558 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mobile Web.
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TL;DR: The study significantly adds to the understanding of mental health symptoms and their role in addictive use of modern technology, and suggests that the concept of Internet use disorder (i.e., "Internet addiction") as a unified construct is not warranted.
Abstract: Over the last decade, research into "addictive technological behaviors" has substantially increased. Research has also demonstrated strong associations between addictive use of technology and comorbid psychiatric disorders. In the present study, 23,533 adults (mean age 35.8 years, ranging from 16 to 88 years) participated in an online cross-sectional survey examining whether demographic variables, symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety, and depression could explain variance in addictive use (i.e., compulsive and excessive use associated with negative outcomes) of two types of modern online technologies: social media and video games. Correlations between symptoms of addictive technology use and mental disorder symptoms were all positive and significant, including the weak interrelationship between the two addictive technological behaviors. Age appeared to be inversely related to the addictive use of these technologies. Being male was significantly associated with addictive use of video games, whereas being female was significantly associated with addictive use of social media. Being single was positively related to both addictive social networking and video gaming. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that demographic factors explained between 11 and 12% of the variance in addictive technology use. The mental health variables explained between 7 and 15% of the variance. The study significantly adds to our understanding of mental health symptoms and their role in addictive use of modern technology, and suggests that the concept of Internet use disorder (i.e., "Internet addiction") as a unified construct is not warranted.
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...…interrelationships between different addictive technological behaviors (Andreassen et al., 2013; Chiu, Hong, & Chiu, 2013; Király et al., 2014; Salehan & Negahban, 2013; Sussman et al., 2014), suggesting some underlying common risk factors (Grant, Potenza, Weinstein, & Gorelick, 2010; Robbins…...
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...This view is supported by the significant but rather low correlation between video gaming and social media use assessed in the current study (e.g., Andreassen et al., 2013; Chiu et al., 2013; Khang, Kim, & Kim, 2013; Salehan & Negahban, 2013), and thus, provided support for the first hypothesis....
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TL;DR: In this paper, an integrative pathway model is proposed that aims to provide a theoretical framework to guide future research in the field of PMPU, highlighting that PMPU is a heterogeneous and multi-faceted condition.
Abstract: Despite the many positive outcomes, excessive mobile phone use is now often associated with potentially harmful and/or disturbing behaviors (e.g., symptoms of deregulated use, negative impact on various aspects of daily life such as relationship problems, and work intrusion). Problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) has generally been considered as a behavioral addiction that shares many features with more established drug addictions. In light of the most recent data, the current paper reviews the validity of the behavioral addiction model when applied to PMPU. On the whole, it is argued that the evidence supporting PMPU as an addictive behavior is scarce. In particular, it lacks studies that definitively show behavioral and neurobiological similarities between mobile phone addiction and other types of legitimate addictive behaviors. Given this context, an integrative pathway model is proposed that aims to provide a theoretical framework to guide future research in the field of PMPU. This model highlights that PMPU is a heterogeneous and multi-faceted condition.
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TL;DR: Using structural equation modeling, it was found that both FOMO and SNI mediate the link between psychopathology and CERM, but by different mechanisms, and for girls, feeling depressed seems to trigger higher SNS involvement.
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...Social network intensity (SNI) was measured with a short scale drawn from a survey by Salehan and Negahban (2013), consisting of five items, e.g. “Visiting social networking sites is part of my everyday activity,” to be answered using a 7-pointLikert scale from “1 ¼ never” to “7 ¼ always.”...
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TL;DR: The Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q), a questionnaire to measure nomophobia, was devised and validated and shown to produce valid and reliable scores; and thus, can be used to assess the severity of nomophobia.
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TL;DR: It is recommended that problematic technology use is to be studied in its sociocultural context with an increased focus on its compensatory functions, motivations, and gratifications and moving away from the addiction framework when studying technological behaviors and using other terms such as “problematic use” to describe them.
Abstract: AimsIn light of the rise in research on technological addictions and smartphone addiction in particular, the aim of this paper was to review the relevant literature on the topic of smartphone addic...
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