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Technology, Social network, Physiology and Psychology as Risks Factors to Mobile Phone Addiction

Naffisah Mohd Hassan, Erne Suzila Kassim, Siti Noorsuriani Maon, Nur Atiqah Rochin Demong and Sharifah Naziha Syed Kholed

Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Volume 25, Issue S, January 2017

Keywords: Gen Y Social network in Malaysia, mobile phones addiction, physiological, psychosocial, risk factors of mobile phone addiction

Published on: 28 Jul 2017

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 (ß=0.63, p<0.01). However, the technological factor did not predict for the mobile phone addiction (ß=-0.008, p>0.05).

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