Needing to connect: The effect of self and others on young people's involvement with their mobile phones
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The present research was a preliminary examination of young Australians' mobile phone behaviour. The study explored the relationship between, and psychological predictors of, frequency of mobile phone use and mobile phone involvement conceptualised as people's cognitive and behavioural interaction with their mobile phone. Participants were 946 Australian youth aged between 15 and 24 years. A descriptive measurement tool, the Mobile Phone Involvement Questionnaire, was developed. Self-identity and validation from others were explored as predictors of both types of mobile phone behaviour. A distinction was found between frequency of mobile phone use and mobile phone involvement. Only self-identity predicted frequency of use whereas both self-identity and validation from others predicted mobile phone involvement. These findings reveal the importance of distinguishing between frequency of use and people's psychological relationship with their phone and that factors relating to one's self-concept and approval from others both impact on young people's mobile phone involvement.
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- Authors
- Walsh, S. P., White, K. M., & McD Young, R.
- Affiliations
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- School of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland University of Technology
- Venue
- Australian Journal of Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2010-11-05
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 194-203
- ISSN
- 0004-9530 (ISSN-L)
- 1742-9536
- OpenAlex
- W2109050268
- Cited by
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- FWCI
- 31.11
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- journal article
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- en
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- Australian Journal of Psychology (publishedVersion)
- QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Media and Digital Communication
- Keywords
- mobile phone use, youth, self-identity, social validation, self-concept, psychological predictors, young adults
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