Self as an antecedent of mobile phone addiction

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-84

  Khang, Hyoungkoo ^a   Woo, Hyung Jin ^b   Kim, Jung Kyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mobile communication; Mobile phone addiction; Self traits

Indexed keywords

MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; SELF EFFICACY; SELF TRAITS; TECHNOLOGY USE;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

MOBILE PHONES;

EID: 84863170623     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: 17415217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2012.044523     Document Type: Article

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