Associations between problematic mobile phone use and psychological parameters in young adults
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Objectives This study aims to address possible associations between excessive or dysfunctional use of mobile phones and certain psychological variables. Methods Our study focuses on Problematic Mobile Phone Use (PU) in 196 young adults. A survey was arranged to measure PU, daily mobile phone use in minutes, use of short message service (SMS) and also included psychological and health variables (e.g., chronic stress, depression). Results Statistic analysis indicates that chronic stress, low emotional stability, female gender, young age, depression, and extraversion are associated with PU. Conclusions Future research needs to clarify the causality of these findings and should also intend to develop concepts for a more meaningful use of mobile phone and related technologies.
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Youth who report psychological distress around online activities and describe their technology use as distressing or problematic are also more likely to report psychological distress offline.
“youth who report psychological distress around their online activities and describe their technology use as including distressing or problematic elements, are also more likely to report psychological distress in their offline lives”
From Annual Research Review: Adolescent mental health in the digital age: facts, fears, and future directions. (2020) · cites this paper as Augner & Hacker, 2012
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- Authors
- Augner, C., & Hacker, G. W.
- Affiliations
- Paracelsus Medical University (AT)
- Corresponding author
- Augner, Christoph
- ORCID
- Augner, Christoph
- Venue
- International Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2011-02-03
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 437-441
- ISSN
- 1661-8556 (ISSN-L)
- 1661-8564
- OpenAlex
- W1993865342
- Cited by
- 427
- References
- 25
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- FWCI
- 26.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- International Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Keywords
- problematic mobile phone use, young adults, chronic stress, depression, emotional stability, extraversion, short message service, gender differences, problematic internet use
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Austria, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Psychological Tests, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sex Factors, Stress, Psychological, Time Factors, Cell Phone, Young Adult
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