Self as an antecedent of mobile phone addiction
by Hyoungkoo Khang; Hyung-Jin Woo; Jung Kyu Kim
International Journal of Mobile Communications (IJMC), Vol. 10, No. 1, 2012

Abstract: Employing a survey, the study examined self-esteem, self-efficacy, and self-control as antecedents of mobile phone addiction. The findings indicate that self-control is the most significant predictor of mobile phone addiction. Gender and age demonstrate a statistically significant relationship with a particular dimension of mobile phone addiction, compulsive anxiety. The findings are expected to help practitioners delineate elaborated approaches aimed at relieving a dimension of the addiction-like symptoms of technology use. In addition, scholars can utilise dimensions composed of mobile phone addiction and self-traits to examine the detailed and respective causality that exists between them.

Online publication date: Wed, 28-Dec-2011

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