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

Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi and Siti Aminah, Harun and Tulasi, Martin and Norazha, Paiman and Mohamed Saiful Firdaus, Hussin (2021) Smartphone addiction among young adolescents: Integration of flow theory and fear of missing out. International Journal of Information and Management Sciences (IJIMS), 32. pp. 39-58. ISSN 1017-1819. (Published)

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Abstract

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 knowledge on the consumer behaviour towards a psychological perspective on smartphone usage among students in a Malaysian university. A total of 210 students participated in this study. A partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) method was applied in testing the hypotheses. The results show that all nine hypotheses tested on antecedents of smartphone addiction were found to be significant. The strongest predictor discovered in the model is concentration, suggesting that users who are addicted spend countless time in using smartphone due to enormous concentration on entertainment and social networking sites that are commonly available in smartphone applications.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Smartphone addiction; fear of missing out; undergraduate students; flow theory
Subjects: A General Works > AI Indexes (General)
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
T Technology > T Technology (General)
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Industrial Management
Institute of Postgraduate Studies
Depositing User: Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Fauzi
Date Deposited: 17 Sep 2021 07:20
Last Modified: 17 Sep 2021 07:20
URI: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32061
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