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Direct linkKristy L. Bay – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As the global population continued to have broader Internet access, primarily through the rising use of smartphones, further study was needed regarding the symptoms and repercussions of Internet Addiction. A new term was coined for the levels of anxiety generated when a person was separated from their smartphone--nomophobia. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: College Students, Addictive Behavior, Internet, Handheld Devices
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Download full textEscalera-Chávez, Milka Elena; García-Santillán, Arturo; Molchanova, Violeta S. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2020
When a person is ignored for other one in a social context for the focus given to the use of a mobile phone, it is called phubbing. This phenomenon is increasingly recurring in society and students are not exempt from it. For this reason, the aim of this research is to determine if there is a difference in phubbing behavior between male students…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Gender Differences, College Students, Attention
Emanuel, Richard; Bell, Rodney; Cotton, Cedric; Craig, Jamon; Drummond, Danielle; Gibson, Samuel; Harris, Ashley; Harris, Marcus; Hatcher-Vance, Chelsea; Jones, Staci; Lewis, Jade; Longmire, Trenard; Nash, Brent; Ryans, Torrance; Tyre, Ebony; Walters, Dionne; Williams, Alexis – College Student Journal, 2015
A representative sample of 404 undergraduate students from a public university in the Southeast was surveyed about their smartphone dependency. One in five rated themselves as totally dependent on their phone; about half agreed that they are overly dependent. More females than males reported feeling safer with their phone than without it. More…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior, Undergraduate Students
