Mobile phone use by persons with intellectual disabilities: literature review
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The objective of this paper was to review the research conducted to investigate the use of mobile phones by people with intellectual disability (ID). The available literature was collected through Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science, and ProQuest search engines, and the review included those articles that were published in the last ten years. The lack of functional literacy, digital literacy, and the price of the mobile phone stand out as the causes of insufficiently prevalent use. People with ID use mobile phones to make calls, send messages, play games, take photos, watch movies, and use social media. The most common predictors of problematic mobile phone use are mental health problems adolescent age, female gender, a lower degree of ID, higher frequency of daily use, and lower level of social support, while mental health problems, cyber violence, social relations problems, increased use of psychoactive substances, deterioration of academic performance, and sleep disorders are most common consequences. The instruments for measuring problematic mobile phone use are presented, and the interventions implemented to reduce the problematic use of mobile phones by people with ID. In conclusion, the study provides recommendations for future authors, based on the results of the literature review.
Keywords: Digital literacy; intellectual disability; measurement; mobile phone.
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