title: Associations between problematic mobile phone use and psychological parameters in young adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to address possible associations between excessive or dysfunctional use of mobile phones and certain psychological variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our study focuses on Problematic Mobile Phone Use (PU) in 196 young adults. A survey was arranged to measure PU, daily mobile phone use in minutes, use of short message service (SMS) and also included psychological and health variables (e.g., chronic stress, depression).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistic analysis indicates that chronic stress, low emotional stability, female gender, young age, depression, and extraversion are associated with PU.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future research needs to clarify the causality of these findings and should also intend to develop concepts for a more meaningful use of mobile phone and related technologies.
authors.affiliation: IGGMB Research Institute for Basic and Frontier Questions of Medicine and Biotechnology, Health Research Institute, Salzburg Federal Hospital (SALK), University Clinics of the Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. c.augner@salk.at
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Augner
authors.forename: Gerhard W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Hacker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D040421:Cell Phone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult