Title
To ban or not to ban: Differences in mobile phone policies at elementary, middle, and high schools
Abstract
The present study was to examine differences in mobile phone policies at elementary, middle and high schools. We surveyed 245 elementary, middle and high schools teachers in Shenzhen of China, using a specially designed 18-item questionnaire. Teachers' responses indicate that, across elementary, middle and high schools, significant differences exist in (1) students' percentages of using mobile phones among students, (2) students' dependence of mobile phones, (3) the number of schools banning students' mobile phone use, (4) oral and written forms used by schools to ban students' mobile phone use, and (5) policy reinforcement strategies used by schools. However, no school-level differences was found in (1) students' fondness of using mobile phones, (2) teachers' assessment of low-level effectiveness of mobile phone policies, and (3) teachers' policy improvement recommendations. Significance and implications of the findings are discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1016/j.chb.2014.05.011
Computers in Human Behavior
Keywords
Field
DocType
Mobile phone,Mobile phone use policy,Elementary,middle,and high schools,Mobile phone behavior,School policy
Medical education,Social psychology,China,Psychology,Pedagogy,Mobile phone
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
38
1
0747-5632
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.53
15
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Qiufeng Gao180.89
Zheng Yan2908.75
Chongwei Zhao360.53
Ying Pan460.53
Lei Mo5297.35