scholarly journals Smartphone Addiction Risk, Depression Psychopathology, and Social Anxiety

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (0) ◽  
pp. 52
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Addiction Risk

Factors associated with smartphone addiction risk in preschool children

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong Hye Park
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Addiction Risk ◽  
Smartphone Use

Abstract Background This study aimed to identify the factors associated with smartphone addiction risk among preschool children. Thus far, little is known about these factors in younger children compared to older children or adolescents, although the age at first use of a smartphone is decreasing. Methods A cross-sectional study design was used. Data were obtained from the nationwide survey on smartphone overdependence conducted in 2017 in South Korea by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Information Society Agency. Data from 1,378 preschool children were analysed using binominal logistic regression analysis. This study complied with the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology. Results Of the samples, 17.1% showed a risk of smartphone addiction. The odds of high risk for smartphone addiction increased with the duration of smartphone use during the week and the frequency of smartphone use over the weekend. Using smartphones to watch TV shows and videos significantly increased the odds of smartphone addiction risk, whereas using smartphones for education and games did not. Conclusions The findings of the present study showed that, similar to children in other age groups, preschool children were also exposed to the risk of smartphone addiction. To reduce smartphone addiction risk in these children, parents should be aware of their risk of smartphone addiction and consider allowing their children less than 30 minutes of smartphone use during the week and more opportunities for physical activities especially over the weekend. Our findings also suggested that parent-centred education needs to be provided to correct parents’ perceptions. Information on smartphone addiction should be provided to parents along with an explanation that children’s smartphone use for educational purposes is beneficial; however, its use for the parents’ convenience or other purposes was not.

How Social Anxiety and Reduced Self-Efficacy Induce Smartphone Addiction in Materialistic People

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Kang Lee ◽  
Chun-Tuan Chang ◽  
Zhao-Hong Cheng ◽  
You Lin
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
Research Stream ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level

Recent research has suggested that materialism influences consumers’ usage of technological communication devices, especially smartphones. The current study contributes to this evolving research stream by examining more closely the dynamics of mechanisms that might potentially cause smartphone addiction. We propose self-efficacy and social anxiety as two underlying mechanisms and further test whether their mediating effects are consistent across people with differing levels of power distance belief (PDB). We also examine the moderating role of PDB at the cultural level (Study 1: China vs. the United States) and at the individual level (Study 2: Taiwan). The empirical data are analyzed using the parallel multiple mediator model proposed by Hayes. The results confirm that these two mediators explain the relationship between materialism and smartphone addiction. The mediating effects are stronger for people with a high level of PDB than for their counterparts with low PDB. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Studies on the Relationship between Social Anxiety and Excessive Smartphone Use and on the Effects of Abstinence and Sensation Seeking on Excessive Smartphone Use

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liat Turgeman ◽  
Inbar Hefner ◽  
Maayan Bazon ◽  
Or Yehoshua ◽  
Aviv Weinstein
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale ◽  
Negative Impacts

Problematic smartphone use is the excessive use of the smartphone with negative impacts on the quality of life of the user. We investigated the association between social anxiety and excessive smartphone use. The sample consisted of 140 participants, 73 male and 67 female university students with a mean age of 26 years and 4 months (SD = 3.38), who filled in the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale and the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS). Results showed a positive association between social anxiety and excessive smartphone use. Social anxiety explained 31.5% of the variance of ratings on the SAS. A second study investigated the interaction between abstinence and sensation seeking and excessive smartphone use. The sample consisted of 60 participants, 44 female and 16 male university students. The sample was divided into two experimental conditions: 30 participants were abstinent for 1.5 h from the smartphone and 30 participants were non-abstinent. Results showed that excessive smartphone use increased in the group that abstained compared to those who did not. Secondly, participants who had high baseline sensation-seeking ratings had higher scores of excessive smartphone use after abstinence compared with those with low ratings of sensation seeking. These studies indicate the contribution of social anxiety to problematic smartphone use and how it can be exacerbated by the combination of abstinence and high sensation seeking.

scholarly journals Prevalence of smartphone addiction: correlates of smartphone use and its association with social phobia in post-graduate medical students in Assam

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1836
Author(s):  
Prosenjit Ghosh ◽  
Anweshan Ghosh ◽  
Madhurima Khasnabis
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Past History ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Graduate Medical ◽  
Smartphone Use

Background: Smartphone use has become pervasive in everyday lives of university students. Excessive smartphone use leads to various physical problems, as well as psychological issues like reduced academic achievement, social interactions, and leading to relationship problems. Depression, loneliness and anxiety have emerged as important predictors of smartphone addiction. Social anxiety also known as social phobia is an intense anxiety or fear of being negatively judged or rejected in a socially demanding situation. This may lead to individuals avoiding face-to-face interaction and increasingly engaging in online interaction. Medical post-graduate students are more vulnerable to stress due to the demanding nature of their course as well as extensive smartphone users. Objectives of the study were to see the socio-demographic distribution of the post-graduate medical students, to assess the pattern of smart phone use and prevalence of smartphone addiction in the post-graduate medical students, to see the association of smartphone addiction with pattern of use and to see the association of smartphone addiction with social phobia among the study participantsMethods: This study was cross-sectional non-interventional study. Self-reported questionnaires were used to collect information from 70 postgraduate medical students. The data was collected the smartphone addiction scale-short version and Liebowitz social anxiety scale.  The data obtained was analysed using SPSS version 23.Results: Majority of the participants were female, in the age group 26-30 years, single, belonging to upper middle class of an urban locality, with no past history of psychiatric illness. Most common functionality was social networking. The prevalence of smartphone addiction was 28.6% with similar gender predisposition. 37.1% of the study participants were found to have social phobia.Conclusions: No association was found between smartphone addiction and social phobia. The smartphone addiction was found to have significant association with pattern of use and duration of use (p<0.05).

Smartphone Addiction and Anxiety in Adolescents – A Cross-sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 895-901
Author(s):  
Kitai Kim ◽  
Jeong Yee ◽  
Jee Eun Chung ◽  
Hyun Jeong Kim ◽  
Ji Min Han ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Addiction Risk

Objectives: The overuse of smartphones affects physical, social, and psychological well-being. However, research on smartphone addiction and anxiety disorders is scarce. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the association between anxiety and smartphone addiction risk in Korean adolescents. Methods: This study used a cross-sectional survey method. We used the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale to assess anxiety symptoms and we used the Korean Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale index to evaluate the degree of high-risk or at-risk for smartphone addiction. Results: Analyses were performed for 1733 adolescents, including 771 boys and 962 girls. The high-risk or at-risk group for smartphone addiction accounted for 20.1% (p < .0001). Total anxiety scale score, as well as physiological anxiety, oversensitivity, and social concern categories were statistically different among levels of smartphone addiction risk (all ps < .0001). Multivariate analysis showed that poor self-reported health level, higher risk of smartphone addiction, having fewer close friends, caffeine drink consumption, female sex, and alcohol use were associated with greater anxiety. Conclusions: Management of smartphone addiction seems to be essential for proper psychological health. There is an urgent need to develop a way to prevent smartphone addiction on a social level.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN SMARTPHONE ADDICTION DENGAN KECEMASAN SOSIAL PADA REMAJA

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Dinda Berlian Primadiana ◽  
Hanik Endang Nihayati ◽  
Erna Dwi Wahyuni
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Negative Evaluation ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Cross Sectional

Pendahuluan: Penggunaan smartphone yang berlebihan dan tidak terkontrol pada remaja dapat menimbulkan kecanduan bagi penggunanya. Salah satu pengaruh negatif dari hal tersebut adalah terjadinya kecemasan sosial. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis hubungan smartphone addiction dengan kecemasan sosial pada remaja.Metode: Metode penelitian ini menggunakan desain analisis deskriptif dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah remaja pengguna smartphone di SMA X Sidoarjo. Jumlah sampel penelitian ini sebanyak 289 responden dari 1681 siswa menggunakan simple random sampling. Variabel independen dalam penelitian ini adalah smartphone addiction, sedangkan variabel dependen adalah kecemasan sosial. Data diperoleh dengan instrumen kuesioner Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS) dan kuesioner Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescent (SAS-A), dianalisis menggunakan spearman’s rho dengan signifikansi < 0,05.Hasil: Hasil uji statistik menunjukkan nilai p = 0,000 dan nilai r = 0,255 yang berarti terdapat hubungan smartphone addiction dengan kecemasan sosial pada remaja di SMA X Sidoarjo, koefisien korelasi bertanda positif memiliki makna bahwa semakin tinggi smartphone addiction maka kecemasan sosial juga akan semakin tinggi.Kesimpulan: Remaja yang mengalami smartphone addiction selalu gagal dalam mengontrol penggunaan smartphone dan menganggap bahwa smartphone merupakan hal yang penting, sedangkan smartphone addiction dapat menimbulkan kecemasan sosial berupa ketakutan akan evaluasi negatif oleh orang lain. Perawat perlu melakukan pendidikan kesehatan terhadap remaja terkait smartphone addiction dan dampak negatif yang ditimbulkan. ABSTRACTIntroduction: Excessive and uncontrolled use of smartphones in adolescents can cause addiction to users. One negative influence on uncontrolled smartphone use is the occurrence of social anxiety. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between smartphone addiction and social anxiety in adolescents.Method: This research method uses descriptive analysis design with cross sectional approach. The population in this study were adolescents of smartphone users in SMA Antartika Sidoarjo. The number of samples of this study were 289 respondents using probability sampling techniques with a type of simple random sampling. The independent variable in this study is smartphone addiction, while the dependent variable is social anxiety. Data obtained by questionnaire instruments using Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS) and Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescent (SAS-A), and analyzed using spearmans rho with significance <0.05. Result: The results of the statistical test show the value of p = 0,000 and the value of r = 0,255. The conclusion of this study, there was a relationship between smartphone addiction and social anxiety in adolescents of SMA Antartika Sidoarjo.Conclusion: Adolescents who experience smartphone addiction always fail to control the use of smartphone and assume that smartphone is important, while smartphone addiction can cause social anxiety in the form of fear of negative evaluation by others. Nurses need to do health education for adolescents related to smartphone addiction and the negative effects it causes.

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