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Modern Addictions
NÝDLOVÁ, Leona
This thesis addresses the issue of mobile phone use and abuse in the context of healthy living. The theoretical part works with the concept of smartphone addiction, nomophobia. It describes the risks of mobile phone overuse and the effects on health and healthy functioning that overuse can cause. It characterises the most common non- substance addictions that the mobile phone as a tool helps to develop. Addresses the ethics of the online space. Discusses prevention options from the non-profit sector and from governmental institutions. The practical part is devoted to the problem of mobile phone abuse in the adult population in České Budějovice. It divides respondents according to their socio-demographic characteristics and looks for factors that may be related to addiction in this region.

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