Problematic Use of the Mobile Phone: A Literature Review and a Pathways Model

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Mobile phone addiction levels and negative emotions among Chinese young adults: The mediating role of interpersonal problems (2016, background): “…investigating mobile phone addiction has increased in recent years, and previous studies mainly focused on the nature of mobile phone addiction (Billieux, 2012; Park & Park, 2014), antecedents of mobile phone addiction (Bianchi & Phillips, 2005; Hong, Chiu, & Huang, 2012; Toda et al., 2008;…”
Too Much Information (2015, positive): “Billieux (2012) explained the diversity of the terms, instruments, and diagnostic markers.”
Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British Adolescents (2014, neutral): “Several researchers 2–4, 10,11 have suggested that MPPU seems to be In spite of the increasing interest in this problem, few instruments of assessment have been developed.”
An Exploration of Problematic Smartphone Use among Chinese University Students: Associations with Academic Anxiety, Academic Procrastination, Self-Regulation and Subjective Wellbeing (2018, background): “Furthermore, theoretical approaches have also suggested an association between anxiety and PSU (Billieux 2012; Billieux et al. 2015a) and pathological Internet use (Davis 2001).”
Does the construct of Internet addiction reflect a single entity or a spectrum of disorders (2017, background): “Kuss DJ, Griffiths MD, Karila L, Billieux J (2014). Internet”