Humans' attachment to their mobile phones and its relationship with interpersonal attachment style
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Highlights：
• Young people develop attachment toward their phone, expressed by proximity-seeking and separation stress behaviour.
• People's attachment style influences their relationship with the mobile phone.
• People's higher attachment anxiety predicted higher tendency to show attachment-like features regarding their mobile.
• The proximity of the phone is equally important for people with different attachment styles.
• The constant contact with others through the phone is more important for people with higher attachment anxiety.
摘要
•Young people develop attachment toward their phone, expressed by proximity-seeking and separation stress behaviour.•People's attachment style influences their relationship with the mobile phone.•People's higher attachment anxiety predicted higher tendency to show attachment-like features regarding their mobile.•The proximity of the phone is equally important for people with different attachment styles.•The constant contact with others through the phone is more important for people with higher attachment anxiety.
论文关键词：Attachment,Attachment styles,Attachment anxiety,Cell phone,Cell phone attachment,Mobile phone,Human-mobile interaction,Gender differences
论文评审过程：Received 19 November 2015, Revised 18 March 2016, Accepted 19 March 2016, Available online 28 March 2016, Version of Record 28 March 2016.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.062
