Mahmud Akhter Shareef, Bhasker Mukerji, Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Nripendra P. Rana et al.
This study was conducted to conceptualise advertising value and consumer attitudes towards advertisements. The research was developed to reveal the effect of the source of advertisements on credibility perception through the theoretical framework of Ducoffe's (1995) advertising value model. The rese...
Zubair Ahmed Ratan, Anne‐Maree Parrish, Sojib Bin Zaman, Mohammad Saud Alotaibi et al.
BACKGROUND: Smartphones play a critical role in increasing human-machine interactions, with many advantages. However, the growing popularity of smartphone use has led to smartphone overuse and addiction. This review aims to systematically investigate the impact of smartphone addiction on health outc...
Abderrahman M Khalaf, Abdullah A Alubied, Ahmed Khalaf, Abdallah A Rifaey
Adolescents increasingly find it difficult to picture their lives without social media. Practitioners need to be able to assess risk, and social media may be a new component to consider. Although there is limited empirical evidence to support the claim, the perception of the link between social medi...
Tubayesha Hassan, Mohammad Morshad Alam, Abrar Wahab, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader
BACKGROUND: In the last decades, the use of internet has increased many folds, and internet addiction has become a severe public health issue around the world. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of internet addiction among young adults (19-35 years) in Bangladesh and to identify factors as...
Mohammed A. Mamun, Mark D. Griffiths
Social media addiction has become an area of increasing research interest over the past few years. However, there has been no previous research on social media addiction in Bangladesh. The present pilot study is the first ever in Bangladesh to examine the relationship between one specific form of so...
Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Safaet Hossain Sujan, Rafia Tasnim, Most. Zannatul Ferdous et al.
BACKGROUND: Although internet use can boost individuals' quality of life in various aspects, activities on the internet (e.g., gambling, video gaming, social media use, pornography use, etc.) can be used as coping strategy to deal with psychological stressors and mood states (e.g., fear, anxiety, de...
Mohammad Saud Alotaibi, Mim Fox, Robyn Coman, Zubair Ahmed Ratan et al.
Smartphone use can lead to smartphone addiction, which is a growing concern worldwide. However, there are limited studies about smartphone addiction and its impacts on university students in Saudi Arabia. This study aims to fill this gap. This is a quantitative study conducted among undergraduate st...
Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Safaet Hossain Sujan, Rafia Tasnim, Rashenda Aziz Mohona et al.
Background: Smartphone and social media use are an integral part of our daily life. Currently, the impact of excessive smartphone and social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic is poorly understood. The present study aimed to investigate problematic smartphone use (PSPU) and problematic social me...
Mohammed A. Mamun, Md. Sharif Hossain, Abu Bakkar Siddique, Md. Tajuddin Sikder et al.
Problematic Internet Use (PIU) has become a concern for public mental health across the globe. However, there are few studies assessing PIU in Bangladesh. The present cross-sectional study estimated the prevalence rate of PIU and its associated risk factors among 405 university students in Banglades...
Junghoon Moon, Md. Dulal Hossain, G. Lawrence Sanders, Edward J. Garrity et al.
Abstract The massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) phenomenon has generated significant interest on the part of consumers and software publishers. Despite considerable efforts to improve the technological quality (e.g., graphics, networking) of the games, little effort has been dir...
Md. Alamgir Hossain
Purpose Billions of people around the world are experiencing new ways of interacting with people using the social networking sites (SNS). With the heavy traffic and technological capabilities, SNS offers remarkable gratifications to its users, but there is a lack of knowledge about how gratification...
Md. Tanvir Hossain, Benojir Ahammed, Sanjoy Kumar Chanda, Nusrat Jahan et al.
Classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) has spread to Bangladesh since early March of 2020, and people are getting daily updates from the social and electronic media. We aimed at assessing the prevalence of anxiety among Bangladeshi people ...
Abdullah Alamer, Ahmed Al Khateeb
The study of language learners’ motivation has long been considered a key, determining factor of success in second/foreign language acquisition. Based on self-determination theory (SDT), the more autonomously motivated learners are, the better they engage in an activity. To sustain autonomous motiva...
Azharul Islam, Muhammad Zakir Hossin
A growing body of epidemiological literature suggests that problematic Internet use (PIU) is associated with a range of psychological health problems in adolescents and young adults. This study aimed to explore socio-demographic and behavioural correlates of PIU and examine its association with psyc...
Abida Sultana, Samia Tasnim, Md Mahbub Hossain, Sudip Bhattacharya et al.
<ns5:p> Due to the restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, different population groups have adapted to varying screen time levels, which may have profound implications on their physical and mental wellbeing <ns5:italic>.</ns5:italic> Several empirical studie...