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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Youth Serv Rev. 2017 Mar 1;76:59–64. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.02.031

Table 3.

Use of Study Cell Phone

Subthemes Selected Open-Ended Quotes
Instrumental use -“Helped me keep track of what I needed to do next.”
-“Easy to schedule things for appointments and other stuff.”
-“Liked phone just in case of emergencies and if I was alone.”
Emotional and social connectedness -“Made me feel in touch with the world.”
-“Having a way to reach people.”
-“Needed to keep in touch with friends and mentors.”
Autonomy -“I liked having an extra phone just in case.”
-“Made it easier to share my phone with my boyfriend.”
-“Having a free phone to use when I wanted to.”