Smartphone Addicion

The concept of " leisure time " originally refers to times that one does not work, but mentally improves themselves. Reading, is the primary activity that helps people to improve themselves in this way. However, today, most of the youth see reading books as a tiring activity to do, and it is an undeniable fact that, especially young peoples' leisure times are occupied by smartphone technology which provides them many facilities of entertainment. Accordingly, this study aims to search if there is a relationship between addictive smartphone usage and book reading attitudes of Turkish youth. Through implementing the survey method on 344 young participants, this study found that although females seem to have more positive attitudes towards book reading, smartphone addiction of youth does not reveal a difference in terms of gender or education level. More importantly, it is found in this study that addictive smartphone use has a negative impact on book reading attitudes of Turkish youth in general. This finding is significant considering the essentiality of reading books for youth, and decreasing rates of extra-curricular or off work book reading around the world.

Should one remove the televisions from their house? All the evidence seems to point to yes. After reviewing several studies, they show that not only does it cause depression, aggression, and antisocial behaviors, as well as structural changes to the brain, but it prevents happiness. Adults who as children did not have a television growing up report that they do not enjoy watching it. And adults who suddenly removed all the televisions from their homes report not missing it and same for the children who were forced to give it up. Furthermore, the vast majority of humankind was without television yet there are no reports of social or chronic boredom, depression, or unhappiness. They might have been happier as they were forced to socialize more. News, weather, and information in general can be more effectively and efficiently acquired through the internet. However, one must be cautious that the new internet video services and smartphones don’t become their new TVs. In an effort to “cut the cord,” what seems like the most logical and successful method, and contrary to the often “it is all about moderation” or to just reduce your viewing time, is to remove all televisions from your house. Like smoking cigarettes, it is probably best if you just stop altogether and not give yourself easy access to your vice. If you really want or need to watch a television program, it is best to watch it at a friend’s house as socializing protects against depression and is also what provides the most happiness.

This study contributed to cyberpsychology literature by identifying moderating role of gender in the relationship between personality traits and smartphone addiction. A multi- group SEM analysis was employed to investigate the relationship between five factor personality traits (i.e. Big Five) and smartphone addiction among men and women. Big- Five-Inventory (BFI) and Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI) were used to collect data from 320 undergraduate students. The results suggested a positively significant relationship between neuroticism (emotional imbalance) and smartphone addiction for women only. Whereas, conscientiousness was negatively related with smartphone addic- tion for women. Further, there was a negatively significant relationship between agree- ableness and smartphone addiction for both genders. The findings suggested that gender has a moderating role in the relationship between neuroticism and smartphone addiction.

The young population nowadays extensively uses mobile phones and smartphones. The attractive features that smartphones offer to users have caused a rapid increase in the usage time of these technological devices. This situation has led to the emergence of the smartphone addiction concept. Considered one of the major problems of the 21st century by many researchers, smartphone addiction is an impulsive disorder caused by excessive and uncontrolled use of smartphones. The research aims to analyse university students’ smartphone usage habits and smartphone addiction regarding numerous variables such as gender, daily use time, daily frequency of control, number of social media accounts, and intended use. The sample for the study consists of 366 students. The research data were collected using the Personal Information Form and Smartphone Addiction Scale. The data analysis is done using Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney-U tests. The results indicate that smartphone addiction levels of university students have a significant difference by gender, daily use time, daily frequency of control, and intended use. However, the number of social media accounts did not differ significantly.

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The concept of " leisure time " originally refers to times that one does not work, but mentally improves themselves. Reading, is the primary activity that helps people to improve themselves in this way. However, today, most of the youth see reading books as a tiring activity to do, and it is an undeniable fact that, especially young peoples' leisure times are occupied by smartphone technology which provides them many facilities of entertainment. Accordingly, this study aims to search if there is a relationship between addictive smartphone usage and book reading attitudes of Turkish youth. Through implementing the survey method on 344 young participants, this study found that although females seem to have more positive attitudes towards book reading, smartphone addiction of youth does not reveal a difference in terms of gender or education level. More importantly, it is found in this study that addictive smartphone use has a negative impact on book reading attitudes of ...

ÖZ: Çalışmanın amacı, üniversite öğrencileri arasında akıllı telefon bağımlılığın yordayıcısı olarak çok boyutlu yalnızlık incelenmiştir. Çalışmada çok boyutlu yalnızlık, aile, romantik ve sosyal ilişkilerde yalnızlık olarak ele alınmıştır. Çalışma grubunu, 2017-2018 eğitim-öğretim yılı bahar döneminde Trakya bölgesinde bir devlet üniversitesinin farklı bölüm ve kademelerinde öğrenim gören 407 üniversite öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Üniversite öğrencilerine, akıllı telefon bağımlılık düzeylerini belirlemek için Akıllı telefon bağımlılığı-kısa formu ve yalnızlık düzeylerini belirlemek için Sosyal-Duygusal Yalnızlık ölçeği uygulanmıştır. Çalışmada yöntem olarak, nicel araştırma yöntemlerinden İlişkisel tarama yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Analiz süresince betimsel istatistikler, Pearson korelasyon katsayısı tekniği ve çoklu lineer regresyon analizinden faydalanılmıştır. Bulgular incelendiğinde, aile ve romantik ilişkilerde yalnızlık ile akıllı telefon bağımlılığını arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu görülmüştür. Bunun aksine sosyal ilişkilerde yalnızlığın akıllı telefon bağımlılığı ile anlamlı bir ilişkisi tespit edilmemiştir. Son olarak, aile ve romantik ilişkilerdeki yalnızlığın akıllı telefon bağımlılığını düşük seviyede yordadığı ortaya çıkmıştır. Anahtar sözcükler: Bağımlılık, yalnızlık, akıllı telefon, üniversite öğrencileri. ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was to investigate multidimensional loneliness as a predictor of smartphone addiction among university students. In the study, multidimensional loneliness was considered as loneliness in family, romantic and social relations. The study group consisted of 407 university students studying in different departments of a state university in the Thrace region in the spring term of 2017-2018 academic years. In order to determine the level of smartphone addiction was used Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Form and Social-Emotional Loneliness Scale was applied for multidimensional loneliness. Relational screening method was used in the study. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient technique and multiple linear regression analysis were used during the analysis. When the findings were examined, it was seen that there was a significant relationship between loneliness in familial, romantic and social relations and smartphone addiction of university students. On the contrary, there was no significant relationship between loneliness in social relations and smartphone addiction. Finally, it was found that loneliness in family and romantic relationships predicted the smartphone addiction at low level.

This study has been aimed to determine the nomophobia levels of secondary school students using smartphones and to examine the relationship between nomophobia levels of secondary school students and social network usage purposes. The research has been conducted by using a relational screening model with the participation of 514 secondary school students in the fall semester of the 2016-2017 academic year. As a result of the research, it has been found that the students have a low level of nomophobic behavior and that there is a negative significant correlation between the nomophobic behavior and social network usage purposes. On the other hand, it has been seen that there is a negative yet higher correlation, in comparison to the use of social networks for entertainment purposes, between social network usage for the purpose of research, cooperation, initiating communication, communication, maintaining communication and content sharing and the tendency of nomophobic behavior. Keywords: Nomophobia, Social networks usage purpose, Middle school.

In recent years, smartphones have become the most popular and ubiquitous tool for adolescents to access the internet in developed countries (Mascheroni & Ólafsson, 2016). Increasingly, children’s and teens’ daily lives tend to gravitate around their smartphones, mainly for social uses: they spend a good deal of time with their mobile devices communicating and “hanging out” with friends, posting and responding to each others’ messages, but also playing multiplayer games, surfing the web and listening to music in a state of constant connectedness (Chayko, 2017). However, the pervasiveness of this device, even in the most relevant moments of the day has raised some concerns about its confinement capabilities by users. Turkle (2014, 2016) has argued that significant smartphone use at important moments of the day, such as family dinner or sleeping hours, can be socially and psychologically harmful. A growing literature exists on smartphone overuse, which has investigated the psychological roots of this phenomenon and has highlighted its negative consequences (see Elhai et al., 2017 for a review). In particular, a problematic relationship between excessive smartphone use and youth wellbeing is emerging in a number of studies (Lee et al., 2014; Lee, Cho, Kim, & Noh, 2015; Demirci et al., 2015), in addition to its negative association with academic performances at different educational levels (Samaha & Hawi, 2016; Hawi & Samaha, 2016). In this paper we test the hypothesis that smartphone pervasiveness in adolescents’ daily life represents a new source of digital and social inequality by analyzing data on the entire high-school student population of the Valle D’Aosta region, in Northern Italy (N=4,675). By means of a mediation analysis, we show how smartphone pervasiveness mediates the relationship between students’ social origins – measured though their parents’ educational level – and learning outcomes, thus contributing to deepening the academic divide between high and low-performing students.

Smartphone use can lead to smartphone addiction, which is a growing concern worldwide. However, there are limited studies about smartphone addiction and its impacts on university students in Saudi Arabia. This study aims to fill this gap. This is a quantitative study conducted among undergraduate students in Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Saudi Arabia from May 2019 and February 2021. Study data were collected using both online and hard copy administered surveys. A self-administered questionnaire, Grade point average, Smartphone Addiction Short Version, and Kessler Psychological Distress scales were used to assess the outcomes. A total of 545 undergraduate students, mostly females, aged ≤ 21 years old and lived with large family sizes. More than half owned a smartphone for 5-8 years and the majority used their smartphone on average 6-11 h per day for social networking (82.6%), entertainment (66.2%) and web surfing (59.6%). Most of the participants were smartphone-addicted (67.0%). Logistic regression analysis showed that age ≤ 21, not gainfully employed, small family size and high family income were the main significant socio-demographic predictors of smartphone addiction. Smartphone-addicted participants were more likely to: have lower academic performance (GPA); be physically inactive; have poor sleep; be overweight/obese; have pain in their shoulder (39.2%), eyes (62.2%) and neck (67.7%) and have a serious mental illness (30.7%). This finding has significant implications for decision makers and suggests that smartphone education focusing on the physical and mental health consequences of smartphone addiction among university students can be beneficial.