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33 - Problematic Mobile Phone Use

from Part IV - Effects in Cyber Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2024

By
José de Sola ,
Hernán Talledo ,
Gabriel Rubio  and
Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca
Edited by
Zheng Yan
Zheng Yan
Affiliation:
University at Albany, State University of New York
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Summary

1 Introduction

2 Problematic Phone Use Prevalence: The Case of Spain

 2.1 Approaches and Methodologies

 2.2 Prevalence and Characteristics of Problematic Cell Phone Use in Spain

3 Psychological Factors and Drug Consumption Related to Problematic Mobile Phone Use

4 From Cell Phones to Smartphones

5 Cell Phone Abuse: A Contemporary Addiction

6 Does Cell Phone Addiction Share Neurobiological Mechanisms with Other Addictions?

7 Future Research

 7.1 Mobile Device Addiction Surveys

 7.2 Objective Measurements of Mobile Phone Usage Time

Keywords

mobile phone addictionproblem phone usecell phone cravingcell phone abusefactors in cell phone addictionsmartphones addictionsmartphones dependence
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The Cambridge Handbook of Cyber Behavior , pp. 1005 - 1034
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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