Can Disordered Mobile Phone Use Be Considered a Behavioral Addiction? An Update on Current Evidence and a Comprehensive Model for Future Research

Current Addiction Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 156-162

  Billieux, Joël ^a,b   Maurage, Pierre ^a,b   Lopez Fernandez, Olatz ^a,b   Kuss, Daria J ^c   Griffiths, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral addiction; Cyber addiction; Mobile phone addiction; Mobile phone problematic use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928627308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21962952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40429-015-0054-y     Document Type: Review

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