MOBILE PHONE DEPENDENCE AND HEALTH-RELATED LIFESTYLE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

This study investigated the associations between the intensity of mobile phone use and health-related lifestyle. For 275 university students, we evaluated health-related lifestyle using the Health Practice Index (HPI; Hagihara & Morimoto, 1991; Kusaka, Kondou, & Morimoto, 1992) and analyzed...

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Published inSocial behavior and personality Vol. 34; no. 10; pp. 1277 - 1284
Main Authors Toda, Masahiro, Monden, Kazuyuki, Kubo, Kazuki, Morimoto, Kanehisa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published P.O.Box 1539, Palmerston North 4440, New Zealand Scientific Journal Publishers 01.01.2006
Scientific Journal Publishers Ltd
Subjects
College Students
Dependency
Dependency (Psychology)
Health Behavior
Health behaviour
Lifestyle
Males
Men
Mobile phones
Telephone Communications
Undergraduate students
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Summary:This study investigated the associations between the intensity of mobile phone use and health-related lifestyle. For 275 university students, we evaluated health-related lifestyle using the Health Practice Index (HPI; Hagihara & Morimoto, 1991; Kusaka, Kondou, & Morimoto, 1992) and analyzed responses to a questionnaire (MPDQ; Toda, Monden, Kubo, & Morimoto, 2004) designed, with a self-rating scale, to gauge mobile phone dependence. For males, there was a significant relationship between smoking habits and mobile phone dependence. We also found that male respondents with low HPI scores were significantly higher for mobile phone dependence. These findings suggest that, particularly for males, the intensity of mobile phone use may be related to healthy lifestyle.
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ISSN:0301-2212
1179-6391
DOI:10.2224/sbp.2006.34.10.1277