The importance of analogue zeitgebers to reduce digital addictive tendencies in the 21st century

Addictive Behaviors Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 23-27

  Montag, Christian ^a   Kannen, Christopher ^b   Lachmann, Bernd ^a   Sariyska, Rayna ^a   Duke, Éilish ^c   Reuter, Martin ^b   Markowetz, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alarm clock; Internet addiction; Smartphone addiction; Wristwatch; Zeitgeber

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALOGUE ZEITGEBER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL DEVICE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; LEISURE; MALE; MOBILE PHONE;

EID: 84929328608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23528532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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