ArticleComputers in human behavior reports2022
Changes in the use of mobile devices during the crisis: Immediate response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Adolescents' electronic devices use during the COVID-19 pandemic and its relationship to anxiety and depression levels: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
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- Loneliness and academic performance mediates the relationship between fear of missing out and smartphone addiction among Iranian university students.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Mobile health applications: awareness, attitudes, and practices among medical students in Malaysia.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Mobile Device Usage before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Rural and Urban Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Smartphone overuse, depression & anxiety in medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic.PloS one · 2022Article
- Influence of social and psychological factors on smartphone usage during the COVID-19 pandemic.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
We analyze the smartphone usage behavior of individuals against the background of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to classify usage behaviors and examine the factors that lead to change. Specifically, we examine the differences in smartphone usage between the first wave and the second wave of the epidemic in Japan. On average, the frequency of use increased, especially during the first wave of the epidemic. Next, we classify the changes in usage behavior and examine the differences between individuals whose smartphone usage time increased and those whose usage time decreased. Our analysis using personal characteristics as explanatory variables suggests that demographic variables may explain behavioral changes. We were able to classify the factors into three categories: positive factors that promote an increase in usage time, negative factors that promote a decrease, and variation factors that promote fluctuations.
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