Smartphone addiction among university students in the light of some variables
By Suliman S. Aljomaa, Mohammad F. Al. Qudah, Ismael S. Albursan, Salaheldin F. Bakhiet, Adel S. Abduljabbar. Computers in Human Behavior, 2016
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We explored the frequency and indices of smartphone addiction in a group of King Saud University students and investigated whether there were differences in smartphone addiction based on gender, social status, educational level, monthly income and hours of daily use. We developed a questionnaire probing smartphone addiction consisting of five dimensions: 1) overuse of smartphone, 2) the psychological-social dimension, 3) the health dimension, 4) preoccupation with smartphones, and 5) the technological dimension. After being validated, the questionnaire was administered to 416 students, both male and female, at King Saud University. Results revealed that addiction percentage among participants was 48%. The order of smartphone addiction indices were as follows: overuse of smartphone, the technological dimension, the psychological-social dimension, preoccupation with smartphones, and the health dimension. Significant gender differences were found in the degree of addiction on the whole questionnaire and all of its dimensions with the exception of the technological dimension in favor of males. Significant differences by social status were found in favor of the unmarried. Bachelor degree students were found to have the highest degree of addiction. Significant differences by hours of daily use were also detected in favor of participants using the smartphone for more than 4źh a day. As to the monthly income dimension, significant differences were found on the health dimension in favor of participants with lower monthly income. The addiction percentage among participants was 48%.There are Significant gender and social status differences were found in the degree of addiction.There are significant differences due to monthly income were found in the degree of addiction.Bachelor degree students were found to have the highest degree of addiction.There are significant differences due to hours of daily use were found in degree of addiction.
Subfields: Cultural Studies, Education, Sociology and Political Science
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- Psychological Distress, Emotion Dysregulation, and Coping Behaviour: a Theoretical Perspective of Problematic Smartphone Use (2020, background): “Although problematic smartphone use is frequently referred to as a behavioural addiction in the literature (i.e. ‘smartphone addiction’; Aljomaa et al. 2016; Bian and Leung 2015; Chiu 2014; Darcin et al. 2016; Demirci et al. 2015; Haug et al. 2015; Herrero et al. 2019; Körmendi et al. 2016; Liang…”
- Is smartphone addiction really an addiction? (2018, background): “Even though the disorder is not recognized in psychiatry manuals, screening studies estimate that smartphone addiction ranges from anywhere between just above 0% and 35%, with one study reporting that 48% of undergraduate university students were smartphone addicted (Aljomaa et al., 2016), and the m”