Cutting the wireless cord: College student cell phone use and attachment to parents

Soyoung Lee, Peggy S. Meszaros, Jan Colvin

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Abstract

To better understand the dynamics of cell phone use among a sample of college students and their attachment for their parents, our study investigated the attitudes toward cell phone use, distinguishing patterns of cell phone users, and user group and gender differences related to attachment to parents among college students. Findings of this study point to implications for further research in three areas: cell phone use and adoption of special functions, family studies, and measurement improvement.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)717-739
Number of pages23
JournalMarriage and Family Review
Volume45
Issue number7-8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2009

Keywords

  • Attachment
  • Cell phone
  • College students

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