Cross-generational analysis of predictive factors of addictive behavior in smartphone usage

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Highlights：

• Smartphone addictive behavior and its predictive models differ across generations.

• Generation Y had a greater level of smartphone addictive behavior than X and Z.

• The strongest common factors were social environment pressure and emotional gain.

• WhatsApp usage increases addictive smartphone behavior for Generation Z.

摘要

•Smartphone addictive behavior and its predictive models differ across generations.•Generation Y had a greater level of smartphone addictive behavior than X and Z.•The strongest common factors were social environment pressure and emotional gain.•WhatsApp usage increases addictive smartphone behavior for Generation Z.

论文关键词：Smartphone addictive behavior,Smartphone addiction,Cross-generation analysis,Behavioral addiction,Predictive factors,Smartphone addictive behavior scale

论文评审过程：Received 11 March 2016, Revised 27 June 2016, Accepted 28 July 2016, Available online 3 August 2016, Version of Record 3 August 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.07.061