The role of stress and motivation in problematic smartphone use among college students

Types of smartphone usage and relations with problematic smartphone behaviors: The role of content consumption vs. social smartphone use

“…Past research has found that problem smartphone use in general is predicted by younger age (Lu et al, 2011;van Deursen et al, 2015) and female gender (Jeong, Kim, Yum, & Hwang, 2016;Wang et al, 2015). In contrast to van Deursen et al (2015) who found that younger people engage in more process and social smartphone usage, we did not find such an effect for age; though we should note that age would be significant for process use at the alpha < .05 level, but not at our more stringent alpha < .01 level.…”

“…Instead, it emphasizes negative life circumstances as the cause, and problematic internet use as the consequent, compensatory behavior aimed at regulating stressor-related negative emotion. Several studies thus far have found empirical support for this theory as related to the study of problematic smartphone use (Long et al, 2016;Wang, Wang, Gaskin, & Wang, 2015;Zhitomirsky-Geffet & Blau, 2016).…”

Counting Blue(tooth) Cars: Assessing Cellphone Use Among Vehicle Drivers in the Midwestern USA

“…: Counting Blue(tooth) Cars Human Ethology Bulletin 33(2) -Proc. of the V. ISHE Summer Institute(2018): 48-57 There was no sex difference observed in rates of phone use, in contrast to results from previous self-report (e.g., Jeong et al, 2016;Wang et al, 2015) and observational studies (Finkel & Kruger, 2012;Kruger et al, 2017) of general phone use. Further research will help clarify whether or not there is a sex difference in rates of phone use while driving.…”

“…Older adults were more likely to consider mobile phone use while driving an unsafe activity than younger adults (Hallet, Lambert, & Regan 2011) and younger adults engage in more excessive smartphone use than older adults (Demirci et al, 2015;van Deursen et al, 2015). We predicted that female drivers would have higher rates of phone use than male drivers (H2), based on previous observations (Finkel & Kruger, 2012;Kruger et al, 2017) and self-reports of phone use rates (e.g., Jeong et al, 2016;Wang et al, 2015). We predicted "interference" of cell phone use with live conversations, in that drivers with passengers would be less likely to use their phones (H3).…”

Aday Sınıf Öğretmenlerinde Problemli Akıllı Telefon Kullanımının İncelenmesi

“…Kişilerarası ilişkilerde ve iletişim kurmada önemli bir araç haline gelen sosyal medyayı kullanıcılar daha çok doğrudan iletişim kurmanın yerine tercih etmektedirler. Doğrudan iletişim kurmanın verdiği kaygı ve stresi yaşamak istemeyen kullanıcılar sosyal medya araçlarını daha fazla tercih ediyorlar (Wang, Wang, Gaskin ve Wang, 2015). Dolayısıyla bu sonuçlar genel olarak değerlendirildiğinde sosyal medya kullanım süresinin uzaması akıllı telefon kullanımını problemli bir hale getirebilmektedir.…”