Despite the many positive outcomes, excessive mobile phone use is now often associated
with potentially harmful and/or disturbing behaviors (eg, symptoms of deregulated use …

Despite its unambiguous advantages, cellular phone use has been associated with harmful
or potentially disturbing behaviors. Problematic use of the mobile phone is considered as an …

Contemporary technological advances have led to a significant increase in using mobile
technologies. Recent research has pointed to potential problems as a consequence of …

Background and aims Despite many positive benefits, mobile phone use can be associated
with harmful and detrimental behaviors. The aim of this study was twofold: to examine (a) …

Mobile phone use is banned or regulated in some circumstances. Despite recognized safety
concerns and legal regulations, some people do not refrain from using mobile phones. Such …

Several authors have investigated the risks arising from the growth in mobile phone use (eg
debts incurred by young people). The aims of the present study are (1) to validate a new …

Since the first edition of The Psychology of Risk there have been enormous macro-economic
and socio-political changes globally-the chaos in the world banking system and the financial …

Dysfunctional use of the mobile phone has often been conceptualized as a 'behavioural
addiction'that shares most features with drug addictions. In the current article, we challenge …

“A grave problem that developed in New Hampshire… now has all the motor-vehicle
commissioners of the eastern states in a wax. It's whether radios should be allowed on cars …

Objective: An experiment studied the frequency and correlates of driver mind wandering.
Background: Driver mind wandering is associated with risk for crash involvement. The …