@article{albalushi2016effects,
  title = {The Effects of Mobile Devices on Children Social Communication Behaviours in Oman: An Assessment of Parents’ Happiness and Awareness},
  author = {Jalila Al-Balushi and Hafedh Al-Shihi},
  year = 2016,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/JMTKS/2016/109393/},
  journal = {Journal of Mobile Technologies, Knowledge and Society},
  volume = (2016),
  pages = 23,
  doi = 10.5171/2016.109393,
  abstract = {This research aimed to assess the impacts of mobile devices on children’s social communication behaviours in Oman. It endeavored to examine parents’ awareness of the risks of mobile devices on children, and their happiness about their children uses of the mobile devices. To achieve this, the research carried out an exploratory study on the Omani parents to assess their perspective on the effects of mobile devices on their children social communication behaviours. Advanced neural networks analysis was performed to assess key variables as possible predictors of the study’s main variables (Parents’ Happiness and Parents’ Awareness). Parents’ age was found common predictor of both key variables. A comprehensive model that depicts all predictors of the study’s two main variables is presented at the end.
 },
  keywords = {Social Communication, Mobile Effects, Children, Parents.},
  note = Article ID: 109393
}