Cellular Phone Dependence Tendency of Female University Students

Toda, Masahiro; Monden, Kazuyuki; Kubo, Kazuki; Morimoto, Kanehisa

doi:10.1265/jjh.59.383

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“…Our goal was also to contribute to increasing social awareness of the health problems associated with the use of these devices. Toda et al [7] have developed a cellular phone dependence questionnaire (CPDQ) to perform a similar study, but their project involved only female university students and had several limitations. These authors did not generally exclude a possibility of increased health risk due to MP use.…”

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Adverse Effects of Excessive Mobile Phone Use

Khan¹

2008

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

122

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Introduction:Research findings indicate that the use of mobile phones may lead to a number of symptoms such as headache, impaired concentration and memory, and also fatigue. Materials and Methods: The present study was designed to investigate whether the symptoms of ill health reported by young people may be associated with the use of mobile phone (MP) and to analyze its influence on health and development of medical students. The questionnaire was designed specifically for this study and contained items regarding health condition and health complaints as well as the frequency of MP use. The response rate was 86.6% (286 of 330 forms, completed by 73.77% males and 26.22% females). Results: Most of the subjects (83.57%) had some knowledge about the adverse effects of MP use. 76.92% of the students carried one mobile, and 23.08% more than one. 55.94%, of the subjects reported the average daily MP use of less than 30 min, 27.97%, of 30-60 min, 11.53%, of 60-90 min and 4.54% of more than 90 min. 16.08% of the subjects complained of headache and 24.48% of fatigue. Impaired concentration was reported by 34.27% of respondents, memory disturbances by 40.56%, sleeplessness by 38.8%, hearing problems by 23.07%, and facial dermatitis by 16.78%. The sensation of warmth within the auricle and behind/around the ear was reported by 28.32%. Out of 286 subjects who participated in this study, 44.4% related their symptoms to mobile phone use. Conclusions: The findings of the present study indicate that mobile phones play a large part in the daily life of medical students. Therefore, its impact on psychology and health should be discussed among the students to prevent the harmful effects of mobile phone use.

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Adverse Effects of Excessive Mobile Phone Use

Khan¹

2008

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

122

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“…15 Those that are available have involved quite disparate conceptual language to describe the problem, such as dependence, 16 problem use, 1,10,15,17,18 excessive use or overuse, 14,19,20 addictive use, 12,21 or experiences related with mobile phone use 22 or mobile phone involvement. 23 On the whole, the estimated levels of MPPU range from 0% to 38%.…”

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“…23 The estimated prevalence of MPPU in adolescence ranges between 5.57% 22 and 33%. 19 This diversity in estimate reflects the various scales used in the studies, variations in the concepts being applied, as well as the different sources being used to develop the scales (substance abuse, gambling, and others): the Cellular Phone Dependence Questionnaire (CPDQ 16 20 or the upper and lower 30% to distinguish between excessive and habitual users. 19 Only one study has tried to establish a cut-off point of the problematic user 3 by means of classification function.…”

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Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British Adolescents

Lopez-Fernandez

Honrubia-Serrano

Freixa-Blanxart

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Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

314

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The problematic use of mobile phones among adolescents has not been widely studied. There are very few instruments for assessing potential technological addiction to mobile phones, or for categorizing different types of users or uses. The most widely used scale is the Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale (MPPUS), which is used to study adult populations, and has been applied in various forms in international contexts. The aims of this study were to adapt the Spanish version of this scale (MPPUSA) to British adolescents, and then to estimate the prevalence of possible problematic users. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of 1,529 secondary school pupils aged between 11 and 18 years, with 1,026 completed questionnaires being collected. The analysis showed that the factor and construct validity and reliability were comparable to those obtained in previous studies. The prevalence of problematic users among the students was 10%, and the typical problematic user tended to be an adolescent between 11 and 14 years old, studying in a public school, who considered themselves to be an expert user of this technology, who made extensive use of his/her mobile phone, and who attributed the same problem of use among their peers. These users presented notable scores in all the symptoms covered by the scale used to assess problematic use. In conclusion, the adaptation of the MPPUSA as a screening scale for British adolescents presents good sensitivity and specificity for detecting the main addictive symptoms proposed in this validated version.

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“…A partir de 2004 se inició el estudio del uso del teléfo-no móvil como dependencia tecnológica con el desarrollo del primer instrumento de medida (Toda, Monden, Kubo y Morimoto, 2004). En Europa, la alerta parte de Muñoz-Rivas y Agustín (2005), quienes detectaron una alta frecuencia de "adictos al móvil" en la práctica de la psicología clínica, situando la juventud y adolescencia como grupos en riesgo por no tener un completo control de los impulsos y haber aceptado el móvil como símbolo de estatus.…”

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“…Sin embargo, apenas se observan publicaciones centradas en esta tecnología entre 1996 y 2005; podemos decir, pues, que Carbonell, Guardiola, Beranuy y Bellés (2009) hallan un 2.2% de publicaciones y existe poca investigación psicológica sobre este fenómeno (Laramie, 2007) y escasas escalas que permitan su medición (véase tabla 1). Toda, et al (2004) desarrollaron el primer cuestionario, el Cellular Phone Dependence Questionnaire (CPDQ), destinado a población universitaria y Kawasaki et al (2006) confirmaron su validez en estudiantes de secundaria. Bianchi y Phillips (2005) construyeron el Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale (MPPUS) para población adulta; detectando que los más jóvenes, extravertidos y con menor autoestima presentaban un patrón de uso más desadaptado.…”

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