Loneliness and Social Anxiety Predicting Smartphone Addiction among Undergraduates in A Malaysian Public University

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Jun, L. Y., Othman, W. N. W., Zainudin, Z. N., & Yusop, Y. M. (2023). Loneliness And Social Anxiety Predicting Smartphone Addiction Among Undergraduates in A Malaysian Public University. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 13(12), 4972-4975.

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