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Title: Technology, social network, physiology and psychology as risks factors to mobile phone addiction
Authors: Naffisah Mohd Hassan (UITM)
Erne Suzila Kassim (UITM)
Siti Noorsuriani Maon (UITM)
Nur Atiqah Rochin Demong (UITM)
Sharifah Naziha Syed Kholed (UITM)
Keywords: Gen Y Social network in Malaysia
Mobile phones addiction
Physiological
Psychosocial
Risk factors of mobile phone addiction
Issue Date: Jan-2017
Description: Mobile phone was invented to ease communication. However, its usage it is argued has led to addiction. This study aims to explore mobile phone addiction among the generation Y (Gen Y) in Malaysia, by focusing how technology, social network, physiology and psychology become the risk factors. A survey method was employed to gather data from 280 respondents. Factor analysis, reliability test and the structural equation modelling were performed. The results show internal consistency and the correlations between all the determinants and addiction. The findings also revealed that the physiological factor is the most important risk leading to addiction problems with mobile phone (?=0.63, p<0.01). However, the technological factor did not predict for the mobile phone addiction (?=-0.008, p>0.05).
News Source: Pertanika Journals
ISSN: 0128-7702
Volume: 25
Pages: 341-350
Publisher: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Appears in Collections:Journal Content Pages/ Kandungan Halaman Jurnal

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