Cell Phone Use, Face-to-Face Interaction, and Loneliness

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purpose of inclusion, control, affection, pleasure, escape, and relaxation; inclusion, control and affection are more interpersonally oriented. The other is instrumental or task-oriented (e.g. setting appointments, or information seeking. It was also noted that lonely people may find mediated communication less affectionate and pleasant than non-lonely people do therefore they are not likely to engage in it for interpersonal reasons. Although non-lonely people have increased f2f contact and therefore use cell phones as a way to "stay" connected increasing cell phone use to achieve intrinsic rewards.

These results show that mobile communication can be just as rewarding as f2f and fulfill our need for inclusion, control, affection, pleasure, escape, and relaxation. Yes, correct, and interesting as often we might assume texting may have the function of disconnecting people

So greater cell phone use may be positive for established relationships within older age groups but, I ...

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