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    Smartphone use, addiction, narcissism, and personality: A mixed methods investigation

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    Authors
    Pearson, Claire
    Hussain, Zaheer
    Affiliation
    University of Derby
    Issue Date
    2015
    
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    Abstract
    There are increasing numbers of people who are now using smartphones. Consequently, there is a risk of addiction to certain web applications such as social networking sites (SNSs) which are easily accessible via smartphones. There is also the risk of an increase in narcissism amongst users of SNSs. The present study set out to investigate the relationship between smartphone use, narcissistic tendencies and personality as predictors of smartphone addiction. The study also aimed to investigate the distinction between addiction specificity and co-occurrence in smartphone addiction via qualitative data and discover why people continue to use smartphones in banned areas. A self-selected sample of 256 smartphone users (Mean age = 29.2, SD = 9.49) completed an online survey. The results revealed that 13.3% of the sample was classified as addicted to smartphones. Higher narcissism scores and neuroticism levels were linked to addiction. Three themes of; social relations, smartphone dependence and self-serving personalities emerged from the qualitative data. Interpretation of qualitative data supports addiction specificity of the smartphone. It is suggested smartphones encourage narcissism, even in non-narcissistic users. In turn, this increased use in banned areas. Future research needs to gather more in-depth qualitative data, addiction scale comparisons and comparison of use with and without SNS access. It is advised that prospective buyers of smartphones be pre-warned of the potential addictive properties of new technology.
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    Pearson, C. and Hussain, Z. (2015) 'Smartphone Use, Addiction, Narcissism, and Personality: A mixed methods investigation', International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning, 5 (1):17
    Publisher
    IGI Global
    Journal
    International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10545/621096
    DOI
    10.4018/ijcbpl.2015010102
    Additional Links
    http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/ijcbpl.2015010102
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    2155-7136
    EISSN
    2155-7144
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.4018/ijcbpl.2015010102
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