The Relationship Between Cell Phone Use and Academic Performance in a Sample of U.S. College Students
By Andrew Lepp, Jacob E. Barkley, Aryn C. Karpinski. 2015
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The cell phone is ever-present on college campuses and is frequently used in settings where learning occurs. This study assessed the relationship between cell phone use and actual college grade point average (GPA) after controlling for known predictors. As such, 536 undergraduate students from 82 self-reported majors at a large, public university were sampled. A hierarchical regression (R2 = .449) demonstrated that cell phone use was significantly (p < .001) and negatively (β = −.164) related to actual college GPA after controlling for demographic variables, self-efficacy for self-regulated learning, self-efficacy for academic achievement, and actual high school GPA, which were all significant predictors (p < .05). Thus, after controlling for other established predictors, increased cell phone use was associated with decreased academic performance. Although more research is needed to identify the underlying mechanisms, findings suggest a need to sensitize students and educators about the potential academic risks associated with high-frequency cell phone use.
Subfields: Education, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science
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- Psychological Distress, Emotion Dysregulation, and Coping Behaviour: a Theoretical Perspective of Problematic Smartphone Use (2020, background): “2011), low grade point average and less effective learning styles among university students (Lepp et al. 2015; Rozgonjuk et al. 2018; Samaha and Hawi 2016), and perceived academic disturbance among adolescents (Mahapatra 2019).”
- Efficient, helpful, or distracting? A literature review of media multitasking in relation to academic performance (2018, neutral): “…while studying was significantly and negatively associated with college GPA after controlling for demographic variables, self-efficacy for self-regulated learning, self-efficacy for academic achievement, and high school GPA (Junco, 2012; Junco & Cotten, 2012; Lepp, Barkley, & Karpinski, 2015).”
- Smartphone addiction among university students in the light of some variables (2016, background): “This agrees with Lepp et al. (2015) view that students see their smartphone as an amusement tool and with time its use becomes habitual.”