Use of Mobile Phone Text Message and Personality among Japanese University Students

Xi Lu; Zi Chen; Masayo Uji; Toshiaki Nagata; Takahiko Katoh; Toshinori Kitamura

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Use of Mobile Phone Text Message and Personality among Japanese University Students

Xi Lu, Zi Chen, Masayo Uji, Toshiaki Nagata, Takahiko Katoh, Toshinori Kitamura

Published in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 5)

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Abstract

To evaluate the personality correlates of mobile phone text message use in Japanese youth, university students (N = 232) were distributed a set questionnaires containing the Temperament and Character Inventory and items enquiring their text message use. Greater text messaging was associated with high Novelty Seeking (NS). The results of this study suggest that text message was based on NS.

Published in	Psychology and Behavioral Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.pbs.20130205.14
Page(s)	192-195
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mobile Phone Text-Messaging, Temperament, Character

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Xi Lu, Zi Chen, Masayo Uji, Toshiaki Nagata, Takahiko Katoh, et al. Use of Mobile Phone Text Message and Personality among Japanese University Students. Psychol Behav Sci. 2013;2(5):192-195. doi: 10.11648/j.pbs.20130205.14

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Xi Lu

Department of Clinical Behavioural Sciences (Psychological Medicine), Kumamoto University Graduate School of Biosciences, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
Zi Chen

Research Center of Applied Psychology, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
Masayo Uji

Department of Bioethics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Biosciences, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
Toshiaki Nagata

Kyushu University of Nursing and Social Welfare, Tamana, Japan
Takahiko Katoh

Department of Public Health, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan
Toshinori Kitamura

Kitamura Institute of Mental Health Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Xi Lu, Zi Chen, Masayo Uji, Toshiaki Nagata, Takahiko Katoh, et al. (2013). Use of Mobile Phone Text Message and Personality among Japanese University Students. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 2(5), 192-195. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.pbs.20130205.14

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Xi Lu; Zi Chen; Masayo Uji; Toshiaki Nagata; Takahiko Katoh, et al. Use of Mobile Phone Text Message and Personality among Japanese University Students. Psychol. Behav. Sci. 2013, 2(5), 192-195. doi: 10.11648/j.pbs.20130205.14

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Xi Lu, Zi Chen, Masayo Uji, Toshiaki Nagata, Takahiko Katoh, et al. Use of Mobile Phone Text Message and Personality among Japanese University Students. Psychol Behav Sci. 2013;2(5):192-195. doi: 10.11648/j.pbs.20130205.14

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