Paper Info
Title
Addictive, dependent, compulsive? A study of mobile phone usage
Abstract
In order to address the claims that mobile phone usage is addictive, a study was undertaken to categorize mobile phone usage behaviour based on the underlying motivation. Six categories were identified: addictive, compulsive, dependent, habitual, voluntary and mandatory. A survey of 184 students found that the behaviour cannot be conclusively categorized as any specific type, although there was stronger support for mobile phone usage being categorized as dependent, voluntary or mandatory behaviour, rather than being addictive, compulsive or habitual.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2007
Bled eConference
dependent behaviour,habitual behaviour,addictive behaviour,mandatory behaviour,mobile phone usage,voluntary behaviour,compulsive behaviour
Field
DocType
Citations 
Social psychology,Categorization,Addiction,Compulsive behaviour,Psychology,Mobile phone
Conference
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.75
10
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Val Hooper1226.69
You Zhou2213.79