Does the Excessive use of Mobile Phones in Young Adults Reflect an Emerging Behavioral Addiction?

Nehra, Ritu; Kate, Natasha; Grover, Sandeep; Khehra, Nitasha; Basu, Debasish

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10028-1040

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“…Previous research across both qualitative and quantitative research also identified the capability of smartphones in providing this pacifying psychological distraction (Ariel et al, 2017;Gauld et al, 2016;Grellhesl & Punyanunt-Cater, 2012;Lapointe et al, 2013;Panova & Lleras, 2016;Wang et al, 2015). From this, it may be possible to infer that, for the purpose of coping with unfavourable situations, problem smartphone use may be influenced by the "security blanket" hypothesis (Panova & Lleras, 2016) in which smartphones are demonstrating to provide (Nehra et al, 2012). Adopting this approach manifests ' avoidance coping', which research has argued is an unhealthy way to handle problem situations (Demirci, Akgonul, & Akpinar, 2015;Grellhesl & Punyanunt-Carter, 2012;Nehra et al, 2012).…”

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“…From this, it may be possible to infer that, for the purpose of coping with unfavourable situations, problem smartphone use may be influenced by the "security blanket" hypothesis (Panova & Lleras, 2016) in which smartphones are demonstrating to provide (Nehra et al, 2012). Adopting this approach manifests ' avoidance coping', which research has argued is an unhealthy way to handle problem situations (Demirci, Akgonul, & Akpinar, 2015;Grellhesl & Punyanunt-Carter, 2012;Nehra et al, 2012). Therefore, future health psychology promotion could aim to alert smartphone users of the adverse outcomes of using one's smartphone to avoid psychological discomfort, such as potential increases in social anxiety (Elhai, Tiamiyu & Weeks, 2018).…”

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“Thumb Exercise”: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Psychosocial Factors Encouraging Inactive Adults to Engage with Their Smartphones Rather than Physical Activity

Hedges

Garip

2020

Physical Activity and Health

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Background: Physical inactivity accounts for up to 1.6 million deaths each year. With UK adults spending approximately eleven times longer using their smartphones than exercising, research suggests that frequent smartphone use is linked to poor physical fitness. Previous research on the psychosocial influences of both problem smartphone use, and physical activity barriers and facilitators exist, however insight into the psychosocial underpinnings of why inactive individuals choose to engage with their smartphones rather than physical activity is understudied. Aims: This study provides a qualitative exploration of the psychosocial factors that encourage inactive adults to engage with their smartphones rather than physical activity. Methods: Thirteen (female = 10) participants aged between 18 and 39 completed an online qualitative survey. The subjective experiences and perceptions from participants' survey responses were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis, with a phenomenological epistemological approach. Results: Three themes were identified: the first theme identified that the psychosocial influence of smartphone engagement was to escape unpleasant realities; the second theme depicts that the psychosocial barrier of physical activity engagement was perceptions in relation to the financial and task-oriented costs that physical activity incurs; the third theme captured that social support necessities are being fulfilled through smartphone communication, therefore as a counterpart, physical activity is deemed to be a desolate operation. Conclusions: The findings from this study provide recommendations that harness social support and smartphone capabilities for motivating inactive adults to maintain physically active lifestyles.

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“Thumb Exercise”: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Psychosocial Factors Encouraging Inactive Adults to Engage with Their Smartphones Rather than Physical Activity

Hedges

Garip

2020

Physical Activity and Health

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“…Furthermore, a study in India showed that the rate of cell phone addiction was33.33% among teenagers (49). A survey done by Nehra et al indicated that the rate of cell phone addiction among adults was reported from 33.5% to 39.6% (50). One of the factors contributing to the increase of this dependency is the hardware and software of cell phone, because these features are used as an access to information, education, entertainment, games, news, photography, videos and communications.…”

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Assessment of addiction to internet, smartphone and social networks among students of medical sciences: a cross sectional study

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Objective: Rapid development and prevalent use of smartphone, social networks, and the Internet variously affect the interactions, communications and health of the users. Hereupon, the objective of present study is to determine the overuse of smartphone and addiction to the Internet and social networks among the students of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2017. Materials and Methods: This descriptive analytical study was conducted in 2017. Firstly, 350 students from Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences were selected through a randomly clustered method as the sample size. Then the participants filled out the questionnaire about Internet addiction and overuse of smartphone and social networks. Finally, the data were analyzed by SPSS 19software and the results were presented in descriptive and analytical tables. Results: 321 questionnaires were completely filled out and they were handed over (91.7%). The mean score of Internet addiction was 40.05±20.69 while 19.6% of students did not have Internet addiction. The mild, moderate and severe Internet addictions were 48.6%, 24.6% and 7.2% respectively. Overuse of cellphone was determined51.96±18.55. Low, normal, and excessive uses of cell phone were respectively 9% ،75.4%and 15.6%. The addiction to social networks in cell phones of participants was 30.79±10.57. The rates of normal users, those who were exposed to the addiction and addicted users to social network were 36.4%, 53.9% and 9.7% respectively. There was a significant relationship between Internet and social networks addiction and overuse of smartphone (P = 0.001). Conclusion: Given the results of this study, students are exposed to the risks and complications of these technologies. Thus, it is essential to have some fruitful programs and strategies to promote students' knowledge and awareness about using the Internet, social networks and smartphone.

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“…Research has also studied the relationship between smartphone use and addiction (Haug et al. , 2015; Choliz, 2010; Nehra et al. , 2012; K Abhari and Vaghefi, 2022; Vaghefi et al.…”

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“…Scholars have studied predictors of smartphone addiction, including time of daily use, time of use after waking up (Haug et al, 2015), preference for social interaction, emotional lift, ease of use and flow (Lee and Shin, 2016), understanding, orientation and communication dependence (Li and Lin, 2018), loneliness (Mahapatra, 2019), self-regulation (Mahapatra, 2019;Abhari et al, 2021) and need to connect socially (Roberts et al, 2014). Research has also studied the relationship between smartphone use and addiction (Haug et al, 2015;Choliz, 2010;Nehra et al, 2012;K Abhari and Vaghefi, 2022;Vaghefi et al, 2017;Loid et al, 2020). In addition, the consequences of smartphone addiction have been investigated, including assessment of smartphone addiction (Kwon et al, 2013b;Lapointe et al, 2013), job-related outcomes (Bian and Leung, 2015;Lee and Shin, 2016), psychological outcomes (Samaha and Hawi, 2016;Moqbel, 2020) and smartphone addiction effects on family, personal and academic conflicts (Mahapatra, 2019).…”

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Unveiling the dark side in smartphone addiction: mediation of strain and moderation of hedonic use on well-being

Moqbel

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Nah³

2022

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PurposeThe research purpose is to investigate the mediating and moderating relationships between smartphone addiction and well-being (i.e. health-related quality of life).Design/methodology/approachA survey of 236 smartphone users was used to test the research model.FindingsThe structural equation modeling analysis results show that smartphone addiction negatively impacts well-being by draining a key personal resource, energy, thus creating strain. The adverse effect of smartphone addiction on users' well-being is found to be more intense when smartphones are used for hedonic purposes.Research limitations/implicationsThrough the conservation of resources theory lens, this study increases our understanding of the role of strain in mediating the negative effect of smartphone addiction on well-being. This study also has practical implications. By exploring the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying when and how smartphone addiction can be detrimental to well-being, interventions can be carried out to mitigate the adverse effects on well-being.Originality/valuePast research has focused on the antecedents and consequences of smartphone addiction while ignoring the contextual factors of smartphone addiction effects as well as the intervening mechanism through which smartphone addiction impacts well-being. Through the lens of the conservation of resources theory, we close this gap in the literature by providing a better understanding of the mechanism by which smartphone addiction reduces well-being and identifying a relevant contextual factor (i.e. hedonic use) that can worsen the impact of smartphone addiction on well-being.

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Does the Excessive use of Mobile Phones in Young Adults Reflect an Emerging Behavioral Addiction?

Cited by 18 publications

References 24 publications

“Thumb Exercise”: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Psychosocial Factors Encouraging Inactive Adults to Engage with Their Smartphones Rather than Physical Activity

“Thumb Exercise”: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Psychosocial Factors Encouraging Inactive Adults to Engage with Their Smartphones Rather than Physical Activity

Assessment of addiction to internet, smartphone and social networks among students of medical sciences: a cross sectional study

Unveiling the dark side in smartphone addiction: mediation of strain and moderation of hedonic use on well-being

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