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the iafor european conference series 2014 ecss2014 ecsee2014 ebmc2014 ecpel2014 Official Conference Proceedings ISSN: 2188-1154 “To Open Minds, To Educate Intelligence, To Inform Decisions” The International Academic Forum provides new perspectives to the thought-leaders and decision-makers of today and tomorrow by offering constructive environments for dialogue and interchange at the intersections of nation, culture, and discipline. Headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, and registered as a Non-Profit Organization 一般社( 団法人) , IAFOR is an independent think tank committed to the deeper understanding of contemporary geo-political transformation, particularly in the Asia Pacific Region. INTERNATIONAL INTERCULTURAL INTERDISCIPLINARY iafor The Executive Council of the International Advisory Board IAB Chair: Professor Stuart D.B. Picken IAB Vice-Chair: Professor Jerry Platt Mr Mitsumasa Aoyama Professor June Henton Professor Frank S. Ravitch Director, The Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Dean, College of Human Sciences, Auburn University, Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair in Law USA and Religion, Michigan State University College of Law Professor David N Aspin Professor Emeritus and Former Dean of the Faculty of Professor Michael Hudson Professor Richard Roth Education, Monash University, Australia President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Senior Associate Dean, Medill School of Journalism, Visiting Fellow, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge Economic Trends (ISLET) Northwestern University, Qatar University, UK Distinguished Research Professor of Economics, The University of Missouri, Kansas City Professor Monty P. Satiadarma Professor Don Brash Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology & Former Governor of the Reserve Bank, New Zealand Professor Koichi Iwabuchi Former Dean of the Department of Psychology and Former Leader of the New National Party, New Professor of Media and Cultural Studies & Director of Rector of the University, Tarumanugara University, Zealand the Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Australia Indonesia Adjunct Professor, AUT, New Zealand & La Trobe University, Australia Professor Sue Jackson Mr Mohamed Salaheen Professor of Lifelong Learning and Gender & Pro-Vice Director, The United Nations World Food Programme, Lord Charles Bruce Master of Teaching and Learning, Birkbeck, University Japan & Korea Patron, Japan Society of Scotland of London, UK Patron, Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies at Edinburgh Mr Lowell Sheppard Napier University Professor Sing Kong Lee Asia Pacific Director, HOPE International Chairman, Kolkata Scottish Heritage Trust Director, The National Institute of Education, Development Agency, Canada/Japan Singapore Professor Judith Chapman His Excellency Dr Drago Stambuk Professor of Education, Australian Catholic University, Professor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd Croatian Ambassador to Brazil, Brazil Australia Senior Scholar in Residence, The Needham Research Visiting Fellow, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge Institute, Cambridge, UK Professor Mary Stuart University, UK Fellow and Former Master, Darwin College, University Vice-Chancellor, The University of Lincoln, UK Member of the Order of Australia of Cambridge Fellow of the British Academy Professor Gary Swanson Professor Chung-Ying Cheng Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence & Mildred S. Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawai’i at Professor Keith Miller Hansen Endowed Chair, The University of Northern Manoa, USA Orthwein Endowed Professor for Lifelong Learning in Colorado, USA Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Chinese Philosophy the Science, University of Missouri-St.Louis, USA Professor Jiro Takai Professor Steve Cornwell Professor Kuniko Miyanaga Secretary General of the Asian Association for Social Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies, Director, Human Potential Institute, Japan Psychology & Professor of Social Psychology Osaka Jogakuin University, Osaka, Japan Fellow, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University, USA Graduate School of Education and Human Osaka Local Conference Chair Development, Nagoya University, Japan Professor Dennis McInerney Professor Michael A. Cusumano Chair Professor of Educational Psychology and Co- Professor Svetlana Ter Minasova SMR Distinguished Professor of Management Director of the Assessment Research Centre President of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and and Engineering Systems, MIT Sloan School of The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Area Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SAR USA Professor Yozo Yokota Professor Ka Ho Joshua Mok Director of the Center for Human Rights Affairs, Japan Professor Dexter Da Silva Chair Professor of Comparative Policy, Associate Vice- Former UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Professor of Educational Psychology, Keisen University, President (External Relations) Tokyo, Japan Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, The Hong Professor Kensaku Yoshida Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong SAR Professor of English & Director of the Center for the Professor Georges Depeyrot Teaching of Foreign Languages in General Education, Professor and Director of Research & Member of the Professor Michiko Nakano Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan Board of Trustees Professor of English & Director of the Distance French National Center for Scientific Research Learning Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (CNRS) & L’Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France Professor Baden Offord Professor Donald E. Hall Professor of Cultural Studies and Human Rights & Co- Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel Dean Director of the Centre for Peace and Social Justice LeHign University, USA Southern Cross University, Australia The International Advisory Board is composed of distinguished academics, business executives, former and current government officials, and community leaders. Its role is to consult and provide counsel on the business and affairs of IAFOR, and suggest areas of scholarly investigation. Membership of the International Advisory Board is by invitation only. For a full list please see the IAFOR website. The European Conference on the Social Sciences 2014 Brighton, United Kingdom Official Conference Proceedings ISSN: 2188-1154 © The International Academic Forum 2014 The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) Sakae 1-16-26-201 Naka Ward, Nagoya, Aichi Japan 460-0008 ww.iafor.org Table of Contents The Significance of Demographic and Psychological Attributes in M-Addictive Behaviour among Students at a South African University Nobukhosi Dlodlo pp. 1-16 Transformation in Sociocultural Identity: Causes and Effects Bushra Zalloom Mohsen Aboutorabi pp. 17-30 Solidarity in Modern Liberal Societies Martin Jungkunz pp. 31-40 Palestinian Liberation Theology. Seeking Social Justice through a De-Zionization of the Holy Scriptures Elisa Farinacci pp. 41-52 Reframing the Conflict of Interest: The Public/Private Interface in the Context of Slovakia Gabriela Bereghazyova pp. 53-64 "Just Ask Me": Mechanisms for Being Together in Fragile Communities Jillian Marchant pp. 65-74 The Use of a Problem Based Learning Approach to Teach Islamic Ethics: An Action Research in the Indian Context Parvez Sadruddin Kotadia pp. 75-88 Applying Grounded Theory Methodology with Mixed Methods in Occupant Energy Behaviour Research Jill Zhao pp. 89-100 Notions of "Home," "Nation," "Identity," and "Belonging": The Case of Filipino Migrant Workers in Asia Analiza Liezl Perez-Amurao pp. 101-112 Emma's Journey: A Case Study on the Death Penalty and Some Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System Ruth Johnson Carter pp. 113-134 Legislation of Open Source Usage in Public and Private Institutions in Comparison in Developing Countries, Existing Legislation and New Challenges George Skeberis Nikolaos Koutsoupias pp. 135-142 Gender Dynamics and the Sacred Space of Goa Padmaja Vijay Kamat pp. 143-156 An Assessment of the Socio- Economic Impact of Medical Tourism on the Mauritian Community Asrani Gopaul pp. 157-173 The European Conference on the Social Sciences 2014 Official Conference Proceedings The Significance of Demographic and Psychological Attributes in M-Addictive Behaviour Among Students at a South African University Nobukhosi Dlodlo, Vaal University of Technology, South Africa The European Conference on the Social Sciences 2014 Official Conference Proceedings Abstract Evidence suggests that the excessive use of mobile communication technologies may lead to uncontrollable emotional attachment to the device and various other problematic behaviours. Therefore, a gap exists in identifying the extent to which excessive use can result in the development of distinguishable addictive tendencies and personality inconsistencies among male and female users. The primary purpose of this study was to identify the mobile-device addiction indicators that are pertinent among students within a South African university. The secondary purpose of this study was to investigate whether demographic and psychological attributes of individuals were related to m-addiction (in general). A quantitative study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire on a probability sample of 187 university students, aged between 18-28 years. Exploratory factor analysis identified four m-addiction indicators, namely; tolerance (.891), dysfunctional life (.847), compulsion (.810) and dependency (.802) depicting adequate internal reliability and homogeneity among the scale items. From the study, it emerged that gender (p < 0.05) and self-esteem (p < 0.01) were statistically significant in terms