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Behaviors associated with mobile-phone addiction differ between genders. [24] [25] Older people are less likely to develop addictive mobile phone behavior because of different social usage, stress, and greater self-regulation. [26] A 2019 study by British media regulator Ofcom showed that 50% of 10-year-olds in the UK owned a smartphone. [27]
Nomophobia [1] (short for "no mobile phobia") is a word for the fear of, or anxiety caused by, not having a working mobile phone. [2] [3] It has been considered a symptom or syndrome of problematic digital media use in mental health, the definitions of which are not standardized for technical and genetical reasons.
A digital detox is a period of time when a person voluntarily refrains from using digital devices such as smartphones, computers, and social media platforms. [1] [2] It encourages awareness of technology use and is aimed at mitigating digital dependency and promoting offline engagement.
A study by Liu et al. [10] involving 726 adolescents aged 12–18 revealed that parental phubbing significantly disrupted the parent-child relationship, which in turn led to higher levels of mobile phone addiction. The study found that 51.45% of the adolescents experienced frequent parental phubbing, such as during mealtimes, which contributed ...
In March 2023, Accident Analysis & Prevention published a systematic review of 47 samples across 45 studies investigating associations between problematic mobile phone use and road safety outcomes (including 32 samples of drivers, 9 samples of pedestrians, 5 samples with road use type unspecified, and 1 sample of motorcyclists and bicyclists) that found that problematic mobile phone use was ...
In 1999, 58% of Finnish citizens had a mobile phone, including 75% of 15-17 year olds. [29] In 2000, a majority of U.S. households had at least one personal computer and internet access the following year. [30] In 2002, a majority of U.S. survey respondents reported having a mobile phone. [31]
Two decades of evolution of mobile phones, from a 1992 Motorola DynaTAC 8000X to the 2014 iPhone 6 Plus. A mobile phone, or cell phone, [a] is a portable telephone that allows users to make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while moving within a designated telephone service area, unlike fixed-location phones (landline phones).
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