Examination of smartphone dependence: Functionally and existentially dependent behavior on the smartphone
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Highlights：
• There are functional and existential dependence of smartphone heavy use.
• Functional dependence stresses instrumental usefulness of the smartphone.
• Existential dependence focuses on obsessive, often unconscious, attachment.
• Existential dependent users are more reluctant in acknowledging negative effects.
• Functionally dependent users are more willing to change heavy reliance on the smartphone.
摘要
•There are functional and existential dependence of smartphone heavy use.•Functional dependence stresses instrumental usefulness of the smartphone.•Existential dependence focuses on obsessive, often unconscious, attachment.•Existential dependent users are more reluctant in acknowledging negative effects.•Functionally dependent users are more willing to change heavy reliance on the smartphone.
论文关键词：Smartphone dependence,Functional dependence,Existential dependence,Communication blackout
论文评审过程：Received 16 March 2018, Revised 11 December 2018, Accepted 13 December 2018, Available online 14 December 2018, Version of Record 17 December 2018.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.12.022
