Mobile voice communication and loneliness: Cell phone use and the social skills deficit hypothesis

Jin, Borae; Park, Namkee

doi:10.1177/1461444812466715

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“…Again, the study undertaken by Wu, Lo, Feng and Lo [19] reported that emotional and behavioral disorders/deficits of participant Taiwanese second and third graders decreased as their social skill acquisition level increased after they were trained in a social skills education program. Another study conducted in South Korea demonstrated that students without sufficient social skills experienced increased loneliness [20]. These results were in line with ours.…”

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confidence: 91%

Comparison of Loneliness and Social Skill Levels of Children with Specific Learning Disabilities in Terms of Participation in Sports

2018

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Abstract:This study was conducted in order to compare loneliness and social skill levels of children with specific learning disabilities in terms of participation in sports. For this study, a screening model was used. The study group was composed of 56 children who were aged between 7 and 14 years and diagnosed with a specific learning disability (30 boys and 26 girls). "Personal Information Form", "Children's Loneliness Scale", "Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters (MESSY)" were used in this study. For the data processes and data analyses, SPSS 22 was used. According to the test of normality, non-parametric tests were employed for those data that did not follow a normal distribution and the correlations among variables were tested with correlation analysis at p < 0.05 while differences among variables were tested with Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests at p < 0.05. According to the findings obtained in this study, there were no significant differences in terms of sex, the number of family members and the number of brothers and sisters while there were significant correlations in terms of age, sports status, MESSY-subscales and loneliness. In sum, it may be concluded that sports played a positive role in social skill and loneliness levels among children with specific learning disabilities.

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confidence: 91%

Comparison of Loneliness and Social Skill Levels of Children with Specific Learning Disabilities in Terms of Participation in Sports

2018

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“…A previous study found that excessive users of smartphones experienced more depressive symptoms and difficulty in expressing emotions than the comparison group did [9]. In addition, a greater number of face-toface interactions was associated with lower levels of loneliness; however, more smartphone use was associated with greater loneliness [10].…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Some studies have indicated that the excessive use of smartphones has negative effects on human psychology [9,10]. Excessive smartphone use reduces an individual's social implication in the real world and, as a consequence, his or her psychological well-being because it produces the kind of isolation, loneliness, and depression the individual seeks to ease by connecting to the Internet [11].…”

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The effects of heavy smartphone use on the cervical angle, pain threshold of neck muscles and depression

Park¹,

Kim²,

Kim³

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Advanced Science and Technology Letters

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Abstract.A forward head posture (turtle neck posture) is becoming more common with the increasing popularity of smartphones. The aim of this study was to evaluate the craniovertebral angle, head position angle, pain threshold of the sternocleidomastoid and upper trapezius muscles, and presence of depression in heavy smartphone users compared to a control group. Twenty healthy students participated in the study. The participants were recruited from Sahmyook University and were divided into a heavy user group (n=10) and a control group (n=10) according to smartphone addiction proneness. Participants in both groups were assessed for their pain pressure threshold of the sternocleidomastoid and upper trapezius muscles, craniovertebral angle and head position angle, and depression. When comparing the results between the two groups, there were significant differences in the pain threshold of the sternocleidomastoid and upper trapezius muscles, head position angle, and depression (p<.05), but not in the craniovertebral angle. Based on the results, this study shows that heavy smartphone use may produce considerable stresses on the cervical spine, thus changing the cervical curve and pain threshold of the muscles around the neck. Smartphones could also cause negative effects on a person's psychological status, such as depression. Therefore, individuals should make an effort to look at their phones with a neutral spine and to avoid spending hours hunched over their screens each day.

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“…Intercept options to improve relationships: 1.82 (0.01)***; intercept options to lower expectations: 1.37 (0.01)***; threshold loneliness: 3.10 (0.67)***; threshold recently lonely: 2.45 (0.12)***; threshold persistently lonely: 1.91 (0.09); threshold recovered: 2.22 (0.11)*** competences as a prerequisite for developing satisfying relationships. For example, people lacking social competency may prefer texting to voice communication in using their mobile phone because it requires less emotional and cognitive commitment (Jin and Park 2013). To prevent or overcome loneliness social and emotional skills are required such as the ability to chat with people, to talk about sensitive matters, to listen to others, and to interpret signals (e.g., body language) that people transmit in conversations (DiTommaso et al 2003).…”

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Problem-focused and emotion-focused coping options and loneliness: how are they related?

Tilburg²,

2015

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We examine the extent to which coping options endorsed by older adults help alleviate loneliness, and experiences with loneliness influence the coping options. Two ways of coping are distinguished: problem-focused, i.e., improving one's relationships, and emotion-focused, i.e., lowering one's expectations about relationships. Loneliness is assessed using three observations over 6 years among 1,033 61-to 99-year-old respondents in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam. Combining the first two observations yielded four loneliness types: not lonely at T0 and T1, recently lonely, persistently lonely, and recovered from loneliness. Between the second and third observations, respondents were asked to evaluate which coping options lonely peers described in various vignettes had. From this, individual coping scores were calculated. The option to improve relationships did not affect the likelihood of one's own loneliness, and the option to lower expectations even increased it. Compared to non-lonely respondents, recently lonely ones endorsed both ways of coping equally frequently, persistently lonely ones endorsed improving relationships less frequently and lowering expectations more frequently and recovered respondents endorsed improving relationships equally frequently and lowering expectations more frequently. We conclude that considering various ways of coping does not help alleviate loneliness and that persistently lonely and recovered respondents are at risk of a circular process with loneliness experiences resulting in considering lowering expectations more frequently, which results in a greater likelihood of loneliness, thus contributing to sustaining or re-establishing loneliness.

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Mobile voice communication and loneliness: Cell phone use and the social skills deficit hypothesis

Cited by 79 publications

References 52 publications

Comparison of Loneliness and Social Skill Levels of Children with Specific Learning Disabilities in Terms of Participation in Sports

Comparison of Loneliness and Social Skill Levels of Children with Specific Learning Disabilities in Terms of Participation in Sports

The effects of heavy smartphone use on the cervical angle, pain threshold of neck muscles and depression

Problem-focused and emotion-focused coping options and loneliness: how are they related?

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