Addictive, dependent, compulsive? A study of mobile phone usage

20th Bled eConference - eMergence: Merging and Emerging Technologies, Processes, and Institutions - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 272-285

  Hooper, Val ^a   Zhou, You ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Addictive behaviour; Compulsive behaviour; Dependent behaviour; Habitual behaviour; Mandatory behaviour; Mobile phone usage; Voluntary behaviour

Indexed keywords

MOBILE PHONES; TELEPHONE SETS;

ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOUR; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOUR; DEPENDENT BEHAVIOUR; HABITUAL BEHAVIOUR; MANDATORY BEHAVIOUR; MOBILE PHONE USAGES; VOLUNTARY BEHAVIOUR;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

EID: 84926138632     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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