A descriptive literature review of phubbing behaviors

The practice of phubbing has become an emerging phenomenon of worldwide interest to researchers. The cause is due to the fact that smartphones are ubiquitous and are often used in co-present interactions. This behavior is generally considered inappropriate and is called “phubbing”. Phubbing, as desc...

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Main Authors: Garrido, Estefanía Capilla, Issa, Tomayess, Esteban, Prudencia Gutierrez, Delgado, Sixto Cubo
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Published: Elsevier 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/83606
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author Garrido, Estefanía Capilla
Issa, Tomayess
Esteban, Prudencia Gutierrez
Delgado, Sixto Cubo
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Issa, Tomayess
Esteban, Prudencia Gutierrez
Delgado, Sixto Cubo
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description The practice of phubbing has become an emerging phenomenon of worldwide interest to researchers. The cause is due to the fact that smartphones are ubiquitous and are often used in co-present interactions. This behavior is generally considered inappropriate and is called “phubbing”. Phubbing, as described by Chotpitayasunondh and Douglas (2018), is the act of snubbing someone in a social setting by looking at one's phone instead of paying attention to the other person. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of research studies on phubbing through a review of the current literature. To do this, a search was carried out in an international database, finding 84 relevant articles in English that appeared in peer-reviewed journals published between 2012, the year in which the term ‘phubbing’ appears, and January 2020. The review covers the main fields of research studies on phubbing behaviors. Likewise, the results of the study show the distribution of published articles on phubbing by year that detail the type of study and the methodological approach and, finally, the research journals that have published articles on phubbing. The results of this review are expected to stimulate and guide future research in this field.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-836062021-06-04T02:42:52Z A descriptive literature review of phubbing behaviors Garrido, Estefanía Capilla Issa, Tomayess Esteban, Prudencia Gutierrez Delgado, Sixto Cubo 0806 - Information Systems 0803 - Computer Software 0899 - Other Information and Computing Sciences The practice of phubbing has become an emerging phenomenon of worldwide interest to researchers. The cause is due to the fact that smartphones are ubiquitous and are often used in co-present interactions. This behavior is generally considered inappropriate and is called “phubbing”. Phubbing, as described by Chotpitayasunondh and Douglas (2018), is the act of snubbing someone in a social setting by looking at one's phone instead of paying attention to the other person. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of research studies on phubbing through a review of the current literature. To do this, a search was carried out in an international database, finding 84 relevant articles in English that appeared in peer-reviewed journals published between 2012, the year in which the term ‘phubbing’ appears, and January 2020. The review covers the main fields of research studies on phubbing behaviors. Likewise, the results of the study show the distribution of published articles on phubbing by year that detail the type of study and the methodological approach and, finally, the research journals that have published articles on phubbing. The results of this review are expected to stimulate and guide future research in this field. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/83606 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07037 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Elsevier fulltext
spellingShingle 0806 - Information Systems
0803 - Computer Software
0899 - Other Information and Computing Sciences
Garrido, Estefanía Capilla
Issa, Tomayess
Esteban, Prudencia Gutierrez
Delgado, Sixto Cubo
A descriptive literature review of phubbing behaviors
title A descriptive literature review of phubbing behaviors
title_full A descriptive literature review of phubbing behaviors
title_fullStr A descriptive literature review of phubbing behaviors
title_full_unstemmed A descriptive literature review of phubbing behaviors
title_short A descriptive literature review of phubbing behaviors
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topic 0806 - Information Systems
0803 - Computer Software
0899 - Other Information and Computing Sciences
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/83606