Smartphone Addiction and Beyond: Initial Insights on an Emerging Research Topic and Its Relationship to Internet Addiction

The present chapter considers early insights on some pressing issues in the investigation of smartphone (over)use. More specifically, we consider whether tendencies toward overuse of the smartphone and Internet are related. And, if so, whether the same personality structure represents a vulnerabilit...

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Published inInternet Addiction pp. 359 - 372
Main Authors Duke, Éilish, Montag, Christian
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 2017
SeriesStudies in Neuroscience, Psychology and Behavioral Economics
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Internet Addiction
Internet Gaming Disorder
NoGo Trial
Pathological Gambling
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Summary:The present chapter considers early insights on some pressing issues in the investigation of smartphone (over)use. More specifically, we consider whether tendencies toward overuse of the smartphone and Internet are related. And, if so, whether the same personality structure represents a vulnerability factor for both kinds of digital addiction. This chapter also identifies some similarities and differences between Internet and smartphone overuse, beyond the findings from personality psychology. Finally, the chapter provides a short overview of the important relationship between smartphone use, flow experience at work, and productivity issues. This section is followed by a simple behaviorist model, which aims to explain the aetiogenesis of problematic smartphone use. The chapter closes with some easy to implement therapeutic interventions designed to reduce smartphone use in order to live more meaningful lives in the here and now.
ISBN:9783319462752
331946275X
ISSN:2196-6605
2196-6613
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-46276-9_21