Open AccessTechnology Addiction Survey: An Emerging Concern for Raising Awareness and Promotion of Healthy Use of Technology
Author(s) -
Manoj Kumar Sharma,
Girish N Rao,
Vivek Benegal,
K Thennarasu,
Divya Thomas
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/ijpsym.ijpsym_171_17
Subject(s) - addiction , psychosocial , the internet , psychology , promotion (chess) , mobile phone , medicine , psychiatry , clinical psychology , world wide web , telecommunications , politics , computer science , political science , law
Technology use has shown an impact of users' lifestyle. The use has been attributed to psychosocial reasons. This usage manifests as excessive to addictive use of technology. There is a need to explore its addictive potential on large sample study as well as its association with psychosocial variables. It is one of its kind study on wider age group. The present work assessed the magnitude, burden, and sociodemographic correlates of technology addiction in an urban community.