Author(s): Olatz Lopez-Fernandez,Daria J. Kuss,Lucia Romo,Yannick Morvan,Laurence Kern,Pierluigi Graziani,Amelie Rousseau,Hans-Jürgen Rumpf,Anja Bischof,Ann-Kathrin GÄSSLER,Adriano Schimmenti,Alessia Passanisi,Niko Männikkö,Maria Kääriänen,Zsolt Demetrovics,Orsolya Király,Mariano Choliz,Juan José Zacarés,Emilia Serra,Mark D. Griffiths,Halley M. Pontes,Bernadeta Lelonek-Kuleta,Joanna Chwaszcz,Daniele Zullino,Lucien Rochat,Sophia Achab,Joël Billieux / Language(s): English
Issue: 2/2017
Despite many positive benefits, mobile phone use can be associated with harmful and detrimental behaviors. The aim of this study was twofold: to examine (a) cross-cultural patterns of perceived dependence on mobile phones in ten European countries, first, grouped in four different regions (North: Finland and UK; South: Spain and Italy; East: Hungary and Poland; West: France, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland), and second by country, and (b) how socio-demographics, geographic differences, mobile phone usage patterns, and associated activities predicted this perceived dependence. Methods: A sample of 2,775 young adults (aged 18–29 years) were recruited in different European Universities who participated in an online survey.
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