Is Dysfunctional Use of the Mobile Phone a Behavioural Addiction? Confronting Symptom-Based Versus Process-Based Approaches

Joël Billieux; Pierre Philippot; Cécile Schmid; Pierre Maurage; Jan De Mol; Martial Van der Linden

doi:10.1002/cpp.1910

Is Dysfunctional Use of the Mobile Phone a Behavioural Addiction? Confronting Symptom-Based Versus Process-Based Approaches

Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy ◽

10.1002/cpp.1910 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 22 (5) ◽

pp. 460-468 ◽

Cited By ~ 76

Author(s):

Joël Billieux ◽

Pierre Philippot ◽

Cécile Schmid ◽

Pierre Maurage ◽

Jan De Mol ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mobile Phone ◽

Behavioural Addiction

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Abstract #224: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Mobile Phone Intervention to Improve Diabetes Care in Rural Areas

Endocrine Practice ◽

10.1016/s1530-891x(20)42530-3 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

pp. 35

Author(s):

Muhammad Shahid ◽

Saeed Mahar ◽

Shiraz Shaikh ◽

Zuhaib-u-ddin Shaikh

Keyword(s):

Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Diabetes Care ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Improve Diabetes Care

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Correlating Personality and Actual Phone Usage

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000139 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 158-165 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

Christian Montag ◽

Konrad Błaszkiewicz ◽

Bernd Lachmann ◽

Ionut Andone ◽

Rayna Sariyska ◽

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Keyword(s):

Big Data ◽

Social Network ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Self Report ◽

Psychological Variables ◽

New Approach ◽

Report Data ◽

Self Report Data ◽

Voice Calls

In the present study we link self-report-data on personality to behavior recorded on the mobile phone. This new approach from Psychoinformatics collects data from humans in everyday life. It demonstrates the fruitful collaboration between psychology and computer science, combining Big Data with psychological variables. Given the large number of variables, which can be tracked on a smartphone, the present study focuses on the traditional features of mobile phones – namely incoming and outgoing calls and SMS. We observed N = 49 participants with respect to the telephone/SMS usage via our custom developed mobile phone app for 5 weeks. Extraversion was positively associated with nearly all related telephone call variables. In particular, Extraverts directly reach out to their social network via voice calls.

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