Examination of smartphone dependence: Functionally and existentially dependent behavior on the smartphone

Park, Chang Sup

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2018.12.022

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“…Ceaseless authentication of smartphone users can be inspected in conformity with their behavioral features employing activity pattern identification ( 27 ). Because of this, functional dependence of PSU draws attention to instrumental practicality of the smartphone (functionally dependent users tend to be more inclined to change PSU), while existential dependence of PSU addresses compulsive, frequently unconscious, attachment (existential dependent users tend to be more disinclined in acknowledging adverse consequences) ( 28 ).…”

Section: Cognitive Behavioral Processes and Psumentioning

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The Psychology of Addictive Smartphone Behavior in Young Adults: Problematic Use, Social Anxiety, and Depressive Stress

Pera

2020

Front. Psychiatry

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This review enhances the existing literature on relationships between problematic smartphone use (PSU), psychopathology, addictive personality, and online social engagement as regards young adults, giving attention to predictive determinants of addictive behavior in smartphone usage. My article cumulates previous research findings on the psychology of addictive smartphone behavior in terms of problematic use, social anxiety, and depressive stress by focusing on the relationship among mobile social media usage, smartphone addiction risk, mental health issues, and individual well-being. The inspected collected findings prove that depression and social anxiety constitute risk determinants for greater PSU and that particular categories of smartphone applications are positively related to well-being. State anxiety and motivations represent significant predictors of PSU. High PSU affects participation in social engagement. As limitations in the current review, my results point towards relevant avenues of research on social consequences of teenagers’ smartphone problematic use. Future directions should clarify whether compulsive smartphone use adversely affects both mental and physical health in the long run.

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Section: Cognitive Behavioral Processes and Psumentioning

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The Psychology of Addictive Smartphone Behavior in Young Adults: Problematic Use, Social Anxiety, and Depressive Stress

Pera

2020

Front. Psychiatry

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“…This is supported by several studies, which have linked attachment insecurity with smartphone addiction (Ge, ; Ghasempour & Mahmoodi‐Aghdam, ; Monacis, de Palo, Griffiths, & Sinatra, ). However, given concerns around the atheoretical application of the medical‐addiction model to such a novel, quasi‐normalized, and potentially functional dependence on smartphones (e.g., Billieux, Maurage, et al, ; Billieux, Schimmenti, et al, ; Ellis, ; Panova & Carbonell, ; Park, ; Pivetta et al, ), this attachment framework may provide insight into the psychological processes underlying some of the alarming behaviors that have emerged alongside increasing smartphone use (e.g., texting while driving; Bianchi & Phillips, ; Weller et al, ). Hence, this understanding could help inform the development of interventions, educational programming, and even marketing campaigns aimed at promoting healthy and responsible use of smartphones that maximize their benefits and minimize their potentially detrimental impacts.…”

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“…Moreover, with about two thirds of people reporting distress upon being separated from their phone (King et al, ), a proportion that is even higher for young adults (Sharma, Sharma, Sharma, & Wavare, ), some degree of dependence on smartphones appears to be a normative phenomenon rather than an anomaly or a disorder. Indeed, several researchers have voiced concern around the application of the medical‐addiction model to such a novel, quasi‐normalized, and potentially functional dependence on smartphones (e.g., Billieux, Maurage, Lopez‐Fernandez, Kuss, & Griffiths, ; Billieux, Schimmenti, Khazaal, Maurage, & Heeren, ; Ellis, ; Panova & Carbonell, ; Park, ; Pivetta, Harkin, Billieux, Kanjo, & Kuss, ). Specifically, some have explained that conceptualizing excessive behaviors (e.g., problematic smartphone use) within the addiction model may be a simplification of an individual's psychological functioning, offering only limited clinical relevance (Billieux, Schimmenti, et al, ).…”

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“…Unsurprisingly, this was found to be the case, and many have pushed to include smartphone addiction in future editions of the DSM. However, given its atheoretical origins, others have questioned whether problematic smartphone use is best understood as an addictive behavior (e.g., Billieux, Maurage, et al, ; Billieux, Schimmenti, et al, ; Ellis, ; Panova & Carbonell, ; Park, ; Pivetta et al, ). For example, a study by Billieux, Phillippot et al (2015) concluded that, when applied to everyday behaviors, such as overuse of smartphones, the addiction model might have limited clinical relevance as it does not identify etiopathological processes and recommends interventions targeting symptoms rather than their causes.…”

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Moving beyond addiction: An attachment theory framework for understanding young adults' relationships with their smartphones

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Shapka

2019

Human Behav and Emerg Tech

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With the increasingly ubiquitous use of smartphones in modern culture, particularly among young adults, recent research has focused on the behaviors, characteristics, and effects of smartphone use, with the evaluation of addictive features largely dominating work in this area. Given concerns around the application of the medicaladdiction model to such a novel, quasi-normalized, and potentially functional dependence on smartphones, this paper explores the possibility of an alternative framework for understanding university students' relationships with their smartphones (i.e., that of attachment theory rather than addiction). Thus, this paper includes a review of the current state of the literature on problematic smartphone use and addiction before examining the use of an attachment theory framework to understanding this phenomenon. Specifically, the use of smartphones as attachment targets, characterized by the key features of attachment relationships (i.e., proximity seeking, secure base, safe haven, and separation anxiety), is explored and potential practical and theoretical implications of this approach are discussed. Through conceptualizing young adults' relationships with their smartphones within an attachment theory framework, this paper provides a well-understood, meaningful, and biologically adaptive model with which to understand some of the alarming behaviors that have emerged alongside increasing rates of smartphone use, such as texting while driving, sleeplessness, and social isolation.adult attachment, attachment theory, mobile phone attachment, object attachment, problematic smartphone use, smartphone addiction, smartphone attachment, university student smartphone use

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“…Smartphone adalah perangkat yang menawarkan teknologi canggih, fungsinya mirip dengan komputer, mendukung multitasking dan membuat mudah untuk tetap terhubung dengan orang lain (Anshari et al, 2016). Melalui ukurannya yang kecil, kemudahan penggunaan, penyebaran aplikasi gratis atau murah, dan konektivitas konstan, mengubah hidup dengan cara yang jauh melampaui dengan media sebelumnya (Park, 2019). Smartphone juga dapat dimanfaatkan dalam konteks pendidikan (Sung, Chang, & Liu, 2016).…”

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Smartphone untuk Pembelajaran di Kelas: Perspektif Mahasiswa dan Dosen pada Perguruan Tinggi

Nugroho

Dirgahayu

2020

jartika

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Abstrak: Pemanfaatan smartphone dalam proses pembelajaran di perguruan tinggi dapat dipandang dari dua sisi yang bertolak belakang. Pada sisi positif, smartphone dapat mempermudah mahasiswa mengakses materi pembelajaran online. Pada sisi negatif, smartphone dianggap dapat mengganggu proses pembelajaran ketika mahasiswa menggunakannya untuk mengakses konten yang tak relevan. Perbedaan karakteristik generasi antara mahasiswa dan dosen menentukan pembentukan perspektif masing-masing terhadap pemanfaatan perangkat TI, khususnya smartphone, untuk pembelajaran di kelas. Penelitian ini berfokus pada program studi yang berkaitan dengan pemanfaatan smartphone dalam pembelajaran di kelas, dengan memperhatikan pengetahuan tentang mobile learning, fitur-fitur pada smartphone serta hambatan penguunaan smartphone untuk proses belajar. Hasil penelitian menunjukan pada Dosen terdapat perbedaan signifikan antara Program studi Ekonomi dengan pendidikan dan Konseling dalam menilai apakah smartphone dapat memotivasi Mahasiswa dalam belajar, dan juga perbedaan pandangan tentang penggunaan fitur menonton video untuk pembelajaran di kelas pada program studi Komputer dan Pendidikan. Pada mahasiswa terjadi perbedaan pandangan antara prodi Ekonomi dan Pendidikan dalam menilai apakah smartphone dapat menghemat waktu belajar. Dosen dan Mahasiswa yang kurang pengetahuan tentang teknologi cenderung akan merasa khawatir tentang penggunaan smartphone dalam pembelajaran di kelas. Abstract: The use of smartphones in the learning process in higher education can be viewed from two opposing sides. On the positive side, smartphones can make it easier for students to access online learning materials. On the negative side, a smartphone is considered to be able to disrupt the learning process when students use it to access irrelevant content. The difference in generation characteristics between students and lecturers determines the formation of their respective perspectives on the use of IT devices, especially smartphones, for classroom learning. This research focuses on study programs related to the use of smartphones in classroom learning, taking into account the knowledge of mobile learning, features on smartphoen and barriers to the use of smartphones for learning. The results showed the lecturers there were significant differences between the Economics and Education study programs and counseling in assessing whether smartphones can motivate students to learn, and also differences in views about the use of video watching features for classroom learning in Computer and Education study programs. In students there are differences of views between Economics and Education study programs in assessing whether smartphones can save time studying. Lecturers and Students who lack knowledge about technology are likely to feel worried about using smartphones in classroom learning.

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Examination of smartphone dependence: Functionally and existentially dependent behavior on the smartphone

Cited by 54 publications

References 31 publications

The Psychology of Addictive Smartphone Behavior in Young Adults: Problematic Use, Social Anxiety, and Depressive Stress

The Psychology of Addictive Smartphone Behavior in Young Adults: Problematic Use, Social Anxiety, and Depressive Stress

Moving beyond addiction: An attachment theory framework for understanding young adults' relationships with their smartphones

Smartphone untuk Pembelajaran di Kelas: Perspektif Mahasiswa dan Dosen pada Perguruan Tinggi

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