Smartphone addiction among young adolescents: Integration of flow theory and fear of missing out

• Main Authors: Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi, Siti Aminah, Harun, Tulasi, Martin, Norazha, Paiman, Mohamed Saiful Firdaus, Hussin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tamkang University, Taiwan 2021
• Subjects: AI Indexes (General); H Social Sciences (General); T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32061/1/2021_IJIMS.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32061/; http://ijims.ms.tku.edu.tw/main.php
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

In the age of terabytes and milliseconds, a pathological use of smartphone is now growing tremendously among adolescents worldwide. This global phenomenon has made smartphone addiction the most popular type of technology addiction. Underpinned by Flow Theory, this study contributes to the body of kn...