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Social networking on smartphones: When mobile phones become addictive

Mohammad Salehan, +1 more
- 01 Nov 2013 - 
- Vol. 29, Iss: 6, pp 2632-2639
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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.
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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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A Comparative Study on Social Media Usage and Health Status among Students Studying in Pre-University Colleges of Urban Bengaluru.

TL;DR: Being a male, the habit of smoking, alcohol, and tobacco, consumption of junk food, having ringxiety and selfitis were found to be significant risk factors for social media addiction.
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Nomophobia: Is the Fear of Being without a Smartphone Associated with Problematic Use?

TL;DR: A strong positive correlation between nomophobia and all three problematic use factors was revealed and regression models revealed younger age and more time spent on a mobile phone per day significantly increased problematic dependency, prohibited use and dangerous use.
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Collaborative competencies in professional social networking

TL;DR: The results show that work experience and age of the business students play a significant role in their usage of social networks for professional purposes, knowledge and career management, and the data shows that younger students are more social networking savvy when it comes to identifying business opportunities, while older graduates are less confident.
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Uso excesivo de redes sociales: Perfil psicosocial de adolescentes españoles

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the perfil psicologico and social of adolescentes that realizan un uso excesivo de redes sociales, i.e., the use of social media for distraerse and divertirse.
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Understanding the formation mechanism of mobile social networking site addiction: evidence from WeChat users

TL;DR: The cognitive–behavioural model is enhanced in the current context by identifying sense of belonging and habit as distal causes and perceived benefits as proximal causes and the practical implications of preventing mobile SNS addiction are discussed.
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