The dark side of smartphone usage: Psychological traits, compulsive behavior and technostress

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 373-383

  Lee, Yu Kang ^a   Chang, Chun Tuan ^a   Lin, You ^a   Cheng, Zhao Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compulsive usage of smartphones; Locus of control; Materialism; Need for touch; Social interaction anxiety; Technostress

Indexed keywords

LOCUS OF CONTROL; MATERIALISM; NEED FOR TOUCH; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; TECHNOSTRESS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; SIGNAL ENCODING; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

SMARTPHONES;

EID: 84890100174     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.047     Document Type: Article

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