LINKING PSYCHOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES TO ADDICTION AND IMPROPER USE OF THE MOBILE PHONE AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN HONG KONG

By Louis Leung. 2008

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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What type of content are smartphone users addicted to?: SNS vs. games (2016, background): “These types of stress could lead to various forms of problematic internet use (Leung, 2007, 2008; Li & Lei, 2005; Li, Zhang, Li, Zhen, & Wang, 2010).”
Out of sight is not out of mind: The impact of restricting wireless mobile device use on anxiety levels among low, moderate and high users (2014, background): “These devices enable users to locate information instantaneously , access entertainment and make and rearrange plans (Leung, 2008; Vincent, 2006), as well as communicate immediately through social media platforms and text messaging.”
Cell-Phone Addiction: A Review (2016, methodology): “(69) COS 337/Salamanca 18–32 10.4 Addiction Perry and Lee (70) Ad Hoc 214/Mauricio 19–25 6–11 Addiction Leung (57) MPAI 624/Amsterdam 14–28 28.7 Addiction Addiction Institute [Instituto De Adicciones (71)] Ad Hoc 556/Spain 12–25 8.5 Problematic use 0.4 Leung (72) MPAI 402/Hong Kong 14–20 27.4 Addict”
An Exploration of Problematic Smartphone Use among Chinese University Students: Associations with Academic Anxiety, Academic Procrastination, Self-Regulation and Subjective Wellbeing (2018, background): “…have found that anxiety is associated with increased smartphone use including dependence and so-called smartphone addiction (e.g. Akin and Iskender 2011; Ha et al. 2008; Hong et al. 2012; Jenaro et al. 2007; Lepp et al. 2014; Leung 2008; Wang et al. 2014; Yang and Lay 2011; Zboralski et al. 2009).”
Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British Adolescents (2014, neutral): “MPPUS has been adapted for use with Chinese teenagers by Leung, 12,21 while Lopez-Fernandez et al. 15 recently produced a version for Spanish adolescents.”
Modelling smartphone addiction: The role of smartphone usage, self-regulation, general self-efficacy and cyberloafing in university students (2016, background): “Such problematic usage of mobile phones interferes with other activities in daily life, alters interpersonal relations and may even affect people’s health and happiness (Augner & Hacker, 2012; Ch oliz, 2012; Leung, 2008).”
To excel or not to excel: Strong evidence on the adverse effect of smartphone addiction on academic performance (2016, result): “As for smartphone addiction, some studies reported that females scored higher risks compared to males (Fargues, Lusar, Jordania, & Sánchez, 2009; Leung, 2008).”
Linking Loneliness, Shyness, Smartphone Addiction Symptoms, and Patterns of Smartphone Use to Social Capital (2015, background): “Moreover, SPAS distinctly differentiated from the Mobile Phone Addiction Scale (Leung, 2008) for two different addiction symptoms—disregard of harmful consequences and preoccupation.”
Problematic Use of the Mobile Phone: A Literature Review and a Pathways Model (2012, background): “Other studies emphasized that females are more prone to experience dependence on the mobile phone [6] [24] [25].”