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. 2015 Summer-Autumn;7(3-4):192-7.

The Role of Depression and Attachment Styles in Predicting Students' Addiction to Cell Phones

Abdollah Ghasempour  1 , Mansour Mahmoodi-Aghdam  1
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The Role of Depression and Attachment Styles in Predicting Students' Addiction to Cell Phones

Abdollah Ghasempour et al. Addict Health. 2015 Summer-Autumn.

Abstract

Background: The present study aimed at investigating the role of depression and attachment styles in predicting cell phone addiction.

Methods: In this descriptive correlational study, a sample including 100 students of Payame Noor University (PNU), Reyneh Center, Iran, in the academic year of 2013-2014 was selected using volunteer sampling. Participants were asked to complete the adult attachment inventory (AAI), Beck depression inventory-13 (BDI-13) and the cell phone overuse scale (COS).

Findings: Results of the stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that depression and avoidant attachment style were the best predictors of students' cell phone addiction (R(2) = 0.23).

Conclusion: The results of this study highlighted the predictive value of depression and avoidant attachment style concerning students' cell phone addiction.

Keywords: Attachment styles; Cell phone addiction; Depression.

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