Urges that drive cell phone and instant messaging addiction are driven by the same materialism and impulsiveness that drive shopping addiction, report US researchers in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions. Although cell phone addiction is yet defined as a psychological condition, experts say it is most often characterized by feelings of withdrawal if you don’t have it, compulsive checking of the phone, and using it to feel good. The fear of being out of contact with someone via mobile phone is called nomophobia. A TIME magazine poll released earlier this year of people around the world showed that 84% of people don’t think they could be separated from their phone for just one day.
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Hindustan Times- Wellness
02/12/2012
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