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Determinants of phubbing, which is the sum of many virtual addictions: A structural equation model

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Karadağ, Engin, Tosuntaş, Şule Betül, Erzen, Evren, Duru, Pinar, Bostan, Nalan, Şahin, Berrak Mizrak, Çulha, İlkay, Babadağ, Burcu·2015·Journal of Behavioral Addictions

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Phubbing can be described as an individual looking at his or her mobile phone during a conversation with other individuals, dealing with the mobile phone and escaping from interpersonal communication. In this research, determinants of phubbing behavior were investigated; in addition, the effects of gender, smart phone ownership and social media membership were tested as moderators. METHODS: To examine the cause-effect relations among the variables of the theoretical model, the research employs a correlational design. Participants were 409 university students who were selected via random sampling. Phubbing was obtained via the scales featuring mobile phone addiction, SMS addiction, internet addiction, social media addiction and game addiction. The obtained data were analyzed using a correlation analysis, multiple linear regression analysis and structural equation model. RESULTS: The results showed that the most important determinants of phubbing behavior are mobile phone, SMS, social media and internet addictions. DISCUSSION: Although the findings show that the highest correlation value explaining phubbing is a mobile phone addiction, the other correlation values reflect a dependency on the phone. CONCLUSIONS: There is an increasing tendency towards mobile phone use, and this tendency prepares the basis of phubbing.

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Karadağ, E., Tosuntaş, Ş. B., Erzen, E., Duru, P., Bostan, N., Şahin, B. M., Çulha, İ., & Babadağ, B.
Affiliations
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi University (TR)
  • Artvin Coruh University (TR)
Venue
Journal of Behavioral Addictions
Published
2015-06
Volume
4
Issue
2
Pages
60-74
ISSN
2062-5871 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2143541072
Cited by
560
References
96
Citations by year
2026: 74 · 2025: 76 · 2024: 78 · 2023: 95 · 2022: 74 · 2021: 59 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 2
FWCI
36.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Behavioral Addictions (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) (acceptedVersion)
  • Bursa Uludag University - AVESIS (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Cyberloafing and Workplace Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
Keywords
phubbing, mobile phone addiction, internet addiction, social media addiction, gaming addiction, interpersonal communication, smartphone ownership, gender differences, university students
MeSH terms
Smartphone, Communication, Female, Humans, Male, Models, Theoretical, Linear Models, Behavior, Addictive, Internet, Cell Phone, Young Adult, Social Media

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