scholarly journals The Effects of Stress and Life Satisfaction on Smartphone Addiction in College Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Hyoun-Yong Kwon ◽  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Effects Of Stress

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Life Satisfaction of First Year University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 442-449
Author(s):  
Eun Young Do ◽  
Yeon Ran Hong
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Inverse Correlation ◽  
Actual Condition ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Life ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
First Year College Students

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of psychosocial factors and addiction-related factors on the life satisfaction of college freshmen.Methods: This study used the data of 212 first-year college students from the survey on the actual condition of addiction conducted by the B Addiction Management Integrated Support Center in G Metropolitan City in 2017.Results: Life satisfaction of college students was found to have an inverse correlation with smartphone addiction and depression, and there was a correlation between life satisfaction and social support. As a result of analyzing the variables affecting the life satisfaction of freshmen in college, social support, school life satisfaction, depression, economic level, and smartphone addiction were in the following order.Conclusions: It is necessary to develop various interventions and related programs for the prevention of problems related to psychosocial and addiction issues in order to improve life satisfaction of university freshmen.

Smartphone addiction and the relationship with head and neck pain and electromiographic activity of masticatory muscles

Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Fabiana Foltran Mescollotto ◽  
Érica Brito Gonçalves ◽  
Ester Moreira de Castro Carletti ◽  
Ana Beatriz Oliveira ◽  
Elisa Bizetti Pelai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Neck Pain ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Muscle Activity ◽  
Neck Region ◽  
Masticatory Muscles ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
The Right

Background: Excessive use of smartphones may be associated with behavioral and physical health changes and might cause musculoskeletal alterations in the head and neck region. Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of smartphone addiction in college students and its correlation with symptoms of head and neck pain and masticatory and trapezius muscle activity while resting, before and after smartphone use. Methods: Twenty university students participated in the study. They answered the Smartphone Addiction Scale and the Fonseca Anamnestic Index. Next, the participants were seated and prepared for electromyography through the placement of surface electrodes on the masseter, temporal, and trapezius muscles. Rest condition data were collected for 10 seconds before and after 30 minutes of smartphone use. Results: The results showed that 35% of the evaluated individuals were classified as smartphone addicted and 35% reported no head or neck pain in the previous 30 days. There was no association between smartphone use and head and neck pain. In the electromyography, there was an increase in RMS values after smartphone use in the right and left masseter muscles and the left trapezius. Conclusion: College students presented a high prevalence of smartphone addiction and head and neck pain, but these were not statistically associated. There was a change in muscle activity only in the right trapezius muscles before and after 30 minutes of smartphone use. These findings are contrary to the current belief that the use of smartphones correlates with pain in the neck region and changes in the electrical muscle activity, leading to fatigue in the cervical muscles.

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