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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Smartphone use"”.
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The Effects of Frequent Smartphone Use on Children’s Upper Posture and Pulmonary Function
… of the rising utilization of technology, i.e. smartphones. With the prolonged use of smartphones, increased concerns have been raised regarding constant neck flexion, neck movements limitation, and decreases in pulmonary function due to potential changes in spinal posture. Therefore, the …
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STUDENT ATHLETES' PERCEPTION OF SMARTPHONE USE AND ITS EFFECTS ON SLEEP QUALITY, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION
… <p>STUDENT ATHLETES’ PERCEPTION OF SMARTPHONE USE AND ITS EFFECTS ON SLEEP QUALITY, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION</p> <p>By</p> <p>Alexis Schaefer</p> <p>This study investigated the perception of smartphone use and its perceived effects on sleep quality, depression, and anxiety among NCAA …
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The impact of smartphone use on student learning experience in higher education in South Africa
Background: The use of mobile devices for learning has been on the increase due to the availability of affordable data and free WiFi networks across institutions of higher learning. However, very few studies seek to understand if there is any impact that these devices have on a student's overall …
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Nighttime Smartphone Use: Evaluating the effect of reducing blue light emissions from smartphones on sleep onset latency and duration
… points to a significant association between smartphone use and sleep impairment, with a primary hypothesized pathway being the disruptive effects of blue light upon sleep processes. New software and functional improvements to smartphones in recent years provide the opportunity to better …
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Does IT lead to more equal treatment? : empirical study of the effect of smartphone use on customer complaint resolution
… attention from firms and get better service because they are better placed to advocate for themselves. It is not clear whether the digitization of the consumer complaint process will worsen or improve this situation. To investigate this, we use rich data on customer complaints to the city of …
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Biomechanical and physiological demands associated with laptop and smartphone use in both a subclinical neck pain and healthy student population
… neck postures during long duration mobile device use will increase discomfort in two groups (healthy and neck pain – NP), or if a NP group would experience higher discomfort levels, increased neck muscle activity and examine if the NP group produces different cervical spine kinematics compared to …
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The Implications of Parental and Child Smartphone Use on Parent-Child and Family Relationships: a Case-Study of the Turkish-Speaking Community in London
… explores the implications of parental and child smartphone use on parent-child and family relationships. It also explores the role of smartphones in children’s contact with distant family members and the implications of smartphones for children’s learning, health and entertainment. In exploring …
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Assessing the Repeatability of Clinical Tests in People with and without Flexion-induced Neck Pain
… such devices. Neck flexion, a posture assumed by smartphone users, has been shown as a risk factor for the development of clinical neck pain if sustained for prolonged periods. Determining the individuals who are naturally more predisposed to develop flexion-induced neck pain can aid in the …
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GEN Z’S PERCEPTIONS AND USE PATTERNS OF SMARTPHONES IN NATURE-BASED RECREATION
… their relationship to technology, specifically smartphones. Gen Z is defined as the first digital natives, those who grew up with and had early access to smartphones. As Gen Z comes into adulthood, they represent the largest demographic of those who participate in nature-based recreation (NBR), …
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A Study on the Relationships Among Smartphone Addiction, Parenting Attitudes, Parenting Efficacy, and Parenting Behaviors of Mothers with Infants and Young Children
… study was to explore the relationships among smartphone addition, parenting attitudes, parenting efficacy, and parenting behaviors of mothers with infants and young children. Data collection was carried out at three place(child care center, culture center and company), that could met the …
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Connecting through smartphones: Cognitive, social, emotional motivations, and the experience of value perceptions
<p>Smartphones became a dominant medium for communication with the emergence of converging technology. Since smartphones enable people to access various services, and to interact with other people within mobile social networks, users have become highly involved with such devices. To understand …
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Emotional and behavioral problems related to smartphone overuse in elementary school children
OBJECTIVE: Overuse and addictive behavior related to smartphones has become a worldwide concern. However, most research has been focused on adults and adolescents. The objective of this study was to assess the characteristics of smartphone use, smartphone addiction and the related emotional and …
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Impulse-control or impulse and control? Is impulse-control one, two, or more constructs? Development of domain specific impulse-control (DSIC) measure
… and control across eight behavioral domains: smartphone use, buying, eating, alcohol use, drug use, smoking, sex, and gambling. Across seven diverse samples (N ≈ 2,500), including samples with elevated impulse-control concerns, structural equation modeling was used to test multiple factor …
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Developing Visual Accessibility Options to Empower Grade School Students in Designing Inclusive Mobile Applications
… for mobile apps is crucial given how pervasive smartphone use has become. For students who use MIT App Inventor -- an online platform that enables users to make their own mobile apps -- part of being an effective app designer is to appreciate the importance and practice of inclusive design. I …
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Interfacing the screenic and painted surface: an artistic research project asking what can painting and drawing practice reveal of the contemporary practices and perceptions of touchscreen technology
… are often the primary mode of interaction with smartphones, tablets and devices in the public realm, yet the experiential aspect of navigating these devices has received relatively little attention. This study forms an enquiry into the contemporary practices and perceptions of touchscreen …
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Smartphone usage and preferences among postpartum HIV-positive women in South Africa
… transmission (PMTCT) of HIV care continuum. Smartphone technology and mobile data are getting cheaper and more accessible, however little research has been done to explore the potential for smartphone-based interventions in the PMTCT cascade in low-resource settings. This study explored …
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The Effect of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Attention and Cognitive Control as a Function of Smartphone Notifications.
… to accessing mobile technology, particularly smartphones, have decreased substantially since the iPhone’s release in 2007, resulting in increased ownership and usage across all ages, genders, and races. Despite their ubiquity in our society, relatively little empirical work has investigated …
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Digital Literacies for International Teacher Education: a Ghanaian perspective
… digital literacies to enable them to effectively use these new resources, nor the ways in which student teachers are introduced to the technologies they need to support their professional development. Given the scarcity of research in this area and with teacher support and preparation having been …
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I am a knitter: hand-knitting in a digitally-mediated society
… around 2007, alongside the time social media and smartphones combined to ensure digital technology came to dominate interpersonal communications. By 2017, hand-knitting continued to be popular, but the media and public focus waned. Also, by this date, concerns began to increase about the …
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Media are social actors: Individuals' social responses to social robots and mobile phones
… media technologies including social robots and smartphones become more personal and persuasive, questions of how users respond to them socially, what individual factors leverage the relationship, and what constitutes the social influence of these technologies need to be addressed. As an …
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