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  2. Problematic smartphone use - Wikipedia

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    Forms of technology addiction have been considered as diagnoses since the mid 1990s. [3] In current research on the adverse consequences of technology overuse, "mobile phone overuse" has been proposed as a subset of forms of "digital addiction" or "digital dependence", reflecting increasing trends of compulsive behavior among users of technological devices. [4]

  3. Nomophobia - Wikipedia

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    A phone with a broken display. 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.

  4. What Your Phone Addiction Is Actually Costing You - AOL

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    Although it's easy to dismiss or ridicule, digital addiction is real and rampant. In fact, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recognizes a condition called NOMOPHOBIA, an acronym that stands ...

  5. Internet addiction disorder - Wikipedia

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    Internet addiction disorder (IAD), also known as problematic internet use, or pathological internet use, is a problematic compulsive use of the internet, particularly on social media, that impairs an individual's function over a prolonged period of time.

  6. Teens are exhausted by phone notifications but don’t ... - AOL

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  8. Smartphones and pedestrian safety - Wikipedia

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    In Hong Kong such phone users are called dai tau juk ("the head-down tribe"). [5] A 2017 review considered the popular culture term in regards to the medical diagnoses of internet addiction disorder and other forms of digital media overuse .

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