Author(s): Kanessa Uta

Presentation: poster

Phubbing is the act of ignoring those physically present in favor of one’s phone. In my previous research I found unexpectedly that, phubbing was positively correlated with Life Satisfaction. I learned later that the measure I had used to rate phubbing behavior was also a good predictor of cell phone addiction. A behavioral addiction or dependency unlike a traditional substance addiction can be to any behavior even healthy behaviors like exercising and cleaning. Research within this domain suggests that it is a lack of self-control that largely contributes to these behavioral addictions arising. The goal of this study is to investigate whether those who have lower levels of self-control are more likely to be addicted to their phones and the Internet and to engage in phubbing behavior. Subjects for this study are College of Idaho undergraduate students that are 18 years old and above. All subjects filled out an Internet addiction test, phubbing scale, cell phone addiction scale, and a self-control survey. Data collection is ongoing but I hypothesize that there will be a significantly positive relationship between all self control and cell phone addiction, self-control and internet addiction, and self-control and phubbing.

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