AN INVESTIGATION OF SMARTPHONE ADDICTION AND USAGE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

dc.contributor.authorHebebci, Mustafa Tevfik
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-23T14:41:30Z
dc.date.available2024-02-23T14:41:30Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentNEÜen_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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, num-ber 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.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.52634/mier/2022/v12/i1/2089
dc.identifier.endpage88en_US
dc.identifier.issn0976-8203
dc.identifier.issn2319-1945
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage72en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.52634/mier/2022/v12/i1/2089
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12452/16853
dc.identifier.volume12en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000797185400005en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherModel Inst Education & Researchen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMier-Journal Of Educational Studies Trends And Practicesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectSmartphoneen_US
dc.subjectSmartphone Addictionen_US
dc.subjectUniversity Studentsen_US
dc.titleAN INVESTIGATION OF SMARTPHONE ADDICTION AND USAGE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTSen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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