My virtual friend: A qualitative analysis of the attitudes and experiences of Smartphone users: Implications for Smartphone attachment

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Highlights：

• Qualitative account of young people's attitudes and experiences of smartphone use.

• Smartphone described simultaneously in materialistic and anthropomorphic terms.

• Smartphones help users feel secure when away from their familiar, home setting.

• Sheds light on reasons why some people may become attached to their smartphones.

摘要

•Qualitative account of young people's attitudes and experiences of smartphone use.•Smartphone described simultaneously in materialistic and anthropomorphic terms.•Smartphones help users feel secure when away from their familiar, home setting.•Sheds light on reasons why some people may become attached to their smartphones.

论文关键词：Smartphones,Focus group,Thematic analysis,Attitudes,Experiences,Attachment

论文评审过程：Received 2 February 2017, Revised 15 May 2017, Accepted 21 May 2017, Available online 21 May 2017, Version of Record 25 May 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.05.029