Psychological predictors of problem mobile phone use

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-51

  Bianchi, Adriana ^a   Phillips, James G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NEUROSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CELLULAR PHONE; ENVIRONMENT; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 14644441634     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2005.8.39     Document Type: Article

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