scholarly journals Influence of Smartphone Use on Emotional, Cognitive and Educational Dimensions in University Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 6646
Author(s):  
Francisco Manuel Morales Rodríguez ◽  
José Miguel Giménez Lozano ◽  
Pablo Linares Mingorance ◽  
José Manuel Pérez-Mármol

The use of mobile devices is one of the increasingly interactive methodologies widely promoted within the European Higher Education Area. It is, therefore, necessary to determine the potential effects of their excessive use on psychological and educational variables. The aim of the present study was to assess smartphone addiction and its relationship with emotional, cognitive, and educational dimensions in university students. Participants comprised 144 university students aged between 19 and 27 years old and studying psychology and education at the University of Granada. Various tests were administered to assess variables grouped into the following dimensions: smartphone addiction (TDM), general intelligence (Wonderlic), emotional intelligence (TMMS-24), motivation (Mape-3), creativity (CREA test), and attitudes toward competencies. An ex post facto design was employed. Direct associations were observed between addiction symptoms caused by smartphone use (withdrawal, tolerance, excessive use, and problems caused by the same) and the variables of extrinsic motivation (fear and avoidance of the task) and intrinsic motivation (motivation toward the task). The results also indicated direct relationships between the problems caused by excessive smartphone use and anxiety and extrinsic motivation toward learning. An inverse relationship was observed between smartphone addiction and the emotional intelligence dimension of clarity of feelings. The anxiety provoked by excessive smartphone use was related to the tolerance generated by such use and to cultural and artistic competencies. The data obtained thus shed light on the effect of smartphone use on emotional, cognitive, and educational dimensions in university settings.

Author(s):  
Mirta R. Segredo ◽  
Peter J. Cistone ◽  
Thomas G. Reio

Research regarding the association between emotional intelligence, leadership style and organizational culture has been inconclusive. The purpose of this study was to explore these relationships in elementary school settings. A non-experimental ex post facto research design was utilized to investigate four research hypotheses. Fifty-seven principals and 850 teachers within a large urban school district in southeast Florida were surveyed. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed positive associations between school culture and both transformational and transactional leadership, and negative associations between school culture and passive-avoidant leadership. Significant positive associations were found also between school culture and the principals' emotional intelligence after controlling for leadership style. The hierarchical linear regressions revealed significant associations between leadership style and school culture after controlling for school grade as well. The results suggest that emotional intelligence merits consideration in the development of leadership theory. Practical implications include suggestions that principals employ both transformational and transactional leadership strategies, and focus on developing their level of emotional intelligence. The associations between emotional intelligence, transformational leadership, contingent reward and school culture found in this study validate the role of the principal as the leader of school reform.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-33
Author(s):  
Adeyemi Muyiwa ◽  
Margaret Moronke Dosunmu ◽  
Abolaji Olugbenga Bukki

The skills and competencies exhibited by the secretarial staff in a University setting show how vast is such secretary in the art of delivery of his/her services.  A secretarial staff has been considered to be the brain box of any organisation.  They are incharge of all information emanating and disseminating from the establishment; as such the role of the secretarial staff as the custodian of information in the university cannot be over-emphasized.  The aim of the study was to determine the levels of the University secretarial staff employability skills and organizational citizenship behaviour in South-West, Nigeria.  The study adopted a descriptive research design of ex-post facto type. Two research questions were raised. The sample for the study consisted of 1,209 secretarial staff in 36 universities in South-West, Nigeria selected through stratified random sampling technique.  Three instruments were used for data collection, namely: Demographic Data Form, Graduate Employability Scale (GESS), ‘r’=0.86; Organisational Citizenship Behaviour Scale (OCBS), ‘r’=0.96. Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) were used to analyse the data at 0.05 level of significance.  The results revealed that the University secretarial staff generally possessed a high level of employability skills (50.5%) and organizational citizenship behaviour (50.8%).It was concluded that the secretarial staff generally possessed the employability skills and organisational citizenship behaviour which are needed to perform optimally in their duties. The study recommended, among others, that the secretarial staff should endeavour to seek for more knowledge to equip them with relevant employability skills that will make them to be assets to the organization. The University secretarial staff should be exposed to regular training programmes with an emphasis on how to enhance their employability skills and further improve their knowledge. Also, there is need to compensate any secretarial staff who displays the traits of organizational citizenship behavior.This will serve as motivation for other secretarial staff.


Author(s):  
Abdulmohsin Suliman Alkhunzain

<p>Smartphones have become an import part of the human life from the beginning of the 21<sup>st</sup> century. Most of the people of different ages are using most modern smartphones. The present study is an attempt to examine the university students’ smartphone addiction and their perception on its usefulness for the academic purposes. The study employed quantitative method to measure the smartphones addiction. Two questionnaires were used to gather the data for the present attempt. One questionnaire was used to gather the data for smartphone addition and the second questionnaire was use to attain learners perception on the smartphone addiction for the learning purposes. The participants of the present attempt were (N=174) undergraduate students of a public university. The finding of the study displayed that university students spend more than 8 hours in a day on their smartphones. Findings also indicate that participants are aware of the positive aspects of smartphones. The study also recommends suggestion on the future research.</p>


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doris Jaalouk ◽  
Jocelyne Boumosleh

BACKGROUND: Recent evidence highlighted the potential of habitual smartphone use among youth to become an addiction analogous to established behavioral and substance-related addictions. While investigators revealed independent predictive effects of several sociodemographic factors, personality traits, psychological conditions, and smartphone usage patterns on smartphone addiction (SPA) in university students, none examined the independent effect of age at first smartphone use, a potential predictor variable, on subsequent development of SPA.OBJECTIVE: This study aims to examine the independent association between age at first smartphone use and SPA score in a sample of 688 Lebanese undergraduate university students.METHODS: A random sample of 688 undergraduate students selected from Notre Dame University, Lebanon filled out survey forms that included a) questions on socio-demographics, academics, smartphone use, personality type, depression, anxiety, and lifestyle habits; b) 26-item Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI) Scale. Multiple linear regression analyses were used to examine the independent association between age at first use and SPA level.RESULTS: Mean age at first smartphone use was about 15 years. Younger age at first use of smartphone was found to be significantly associated with several SPA symptoms and correlated with higher total SPAI score. In the unadjusted regression model, higher total SPAI scores were found to be significantly associated with younger age at first smartphone use. This association remained significant in the partially adjusted model, but disappeared in the fully adjusted one when controlling additionally for smartphone use habits.CONCLUSION: Younger age at smartphone use did not independently predict SPA in this sample of students.


Author(s):  
Rubén Trigueros ◽  
Ana M. Padilla ◽  
José M. Aguilar-Parra ◽  
Patricia Rocamora ◽  
María J. Morales-Gázquez ◽  
...  

The academic transition to university is a turning point in young people’s lifestyles. However, studies to date have focused on student behaviour within the classroom context, rather than on the consequences it may have on their lifestyle. This study aims to analyze the influence of emotional intelligence of university students on their resilience, academic stress, exam anxiety, and eating habits related to the Mediterranean diet at the university stage. This study was carried out with the participation of 733 male and 614 female students from the University of Almeria, aged between 19 and 27. A structural equation model was made to explain the causal relationships between the variables. The results showed emotional intelligence positively predicted resilience. In turn, test anxiety and academic stress were negatively predicted by resilience. Finally, test anxiety and academic stress were negatively predicted by the Mediterranean diet. In short, the results of the present study have shown that academic transfer to university and grading pressure can generate maladaptive consequences for food consumption.


Author(s):  
Miguel Ángel Broc Cavero

RESUMENEste trabajo pretendió utilizar el Inventario de Cociente Emocional en su versión para adolescentes EQ-i:YV, de Bar-On adaptado a la población española por investigadores de la universidad de Murcia en 2012, a una muestra de 345 alumnos de educación secundaria obligatoria (ESO) en un centro público de Zaragoza, con un alto nivel de inmigración y diversidad. Mediante un diseño correlacional “ex post facto”, se analizó la influencia que variables independientes ejercían sobre la variable dependiente número de suspensos. Igualmente se llevaron a cabo análisis de varianza y otros análisis mediante el programa SPSS versión 22 y Lisrel 8.51, encontrando que los datos son similares a los obtenidos en el trabajo original, que los varones aventajan a las mujeres en el factor estado de ánimo y adaptabilidad y que éstas aventajan a aquellos en el factor interpersonal y en rendimiento académico. Los análisis de regresión muestran que solamente los factores Interpersonal y Manejo del estrés entran en la ecuación de predicción, con correlaciones positivas pero bajas que explican poca cantidad de varianza, y que casi no hay diferencias en los factores en los cuatro cursos de la etapa, sugiriéndose una conceptualización más cercana a la teoría de los rasgos, o una interpretación más laxa en cuanto al desarrollo emocional se refiere. La conclusión final es que este constructo tal vez haya sido algo sobredimensionado y no tenga tanta relevancia en el rendimiento académico como han pretendido algunos autores.ABSTRACTThis work aimed to use the Bar-On EQ-i:YV Emotional Quotient Inventory: Young Versión, adapted to the Spanish population by researchers of the University of Murcia in 2012, to a sample of 345 students of Compulsory Secondary Education (CSE) in a public center in Zaragoza, with a high level of immigration and diversity. Through an "ex post facto" correlation design, we analyzed the influence that independent variables exerted on the dependent variable number of suspended subjects. Likewise, variance analysis, among others were carried out using the SPSS version 22 and Lisrel 8.51 program, finding that the data are similar to those obtained in the original study, that men outperform women in the factor of mood and adaptability, and that these outweigh those in the interpersonal factor and in academic achievement. Regression analysis show that only the Interpersonal and Stress Management factors enter into the prediction equation, with positive but low correlations that explain little amount of variance, and that there are almost no differences in the factors in the four courses of the this educational stage, suggesting a conceptualization closer to the theory of traits, or a more lax interpretation in terms of emotional development. The final conclusion is that this construct may have been somewhat oversized and does not have as much relevance in academic performance as some authors have claimed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 109-115
Author(s):  
Cyndra Robert Budull ◽  
Nur Khairunisa Abu Talip ◽  
Noreriani Sabturani ◽  
Theresa Ahing ◽  
Muhamad Syukrie Abu Talip

The study aimed to explore the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and academic achievement (AA) among undergraduate university students in Malaysia. Four hundred and sixty (n=460) undergraduate university students in Malaysia involved in the present study. The Assessing Emotional Scale (AES) questionnaire was used to measure EI, while the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) used to determine AA scores. Pearson correlations were utilized to examine the relationship between EI and AA. The findings showed positive and weak relationship between overall emotional intelligence (EI) and academic achievement (r=.090), perception of emotion (PE) and academic achievement (r=.016) and managing others’ emotion (MOTE) and academic achievement (r=.044). Perception of Emotion (PE) are found significantly and positively correlate with academic achievement (r=.101). A significant positive relationship also reported between Managing Own Emotion (MOE) and academic achievement (r=.123). This study helps in understanding and providing information on the university students’ emotional intelligence and academic achievement during undergraduate life.


2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 847-853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aijaz Ahmed Gujjar ◽  
Bushra Naoreen ◽  
Saima Aslam ◽  
Zafar Iqbal Khattak

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Nur Chibtiyah ◽  
Djoko Santoso

<p>Panti Pelayanan Sosial Lanjut Usia “Potroyudan” Jepara dan Panti Pelayanan Sosial Lanjut Usia “Turusgede” Rembang Jawa Tengah mempunyai tugas memberikan pelayanan kepada Lanjut Usia terlantar yang mempunyai karakteristik yang berbeda-beda, untuk itu diperlukan suatu keahlian untuk lebih bisa berkomunikasi lebih aktif. Metode  penelitian yang digunakan dalam thesis ini adalah menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan desain ex post facto. Variabel dalam penelitian ini terdapat tiga variable bebas dan dua variabel, yaitu: kualitas pelatihan, kecerdasan emosi , komunikasi terapeutik, dan  kinerja pelayanan. Dari hasil penelitian terdapat pengaruh signifikan antara kualitas pelatihan dengan kecerdasan emosi, artinya semakin ditingkatkan kualitas pelayanan maka akan semakin meningkat kecerdasarn emosi seseorang; ada pengaruh signifikan antara kualitas pelatihan dengan komunikasi terapeutik, artinya semakin ditingkatkan kualitas pelayanan, maka akan semakin meningkat pula komunikasi terapeutik seseorang; tidak ada pengaruh signifikan antara kecerdasan emosi dengan komunikasi terapeutik, artinya walaupun kecerdasan emosi ditingkatkan tidak akan mempengaruhi komunikasi terapeutik; pengaruh signifikan antara kualitas pelatihan dengan kinerja pelayanan, artinya jika kualitas pelatihan ditingkatkan akan semakin meningkat pula kinerja pelayanan; ada pengaruh signifikan antara kecerdasan emosi dengan kinerja pelayanan, artinya bila kecerdasan emosi ditingkatkan maka kinerja pelayanan juga akan meningkat; dan ada pengaruh signifikan antara komunikasi terapuetik dengan kinerja pelayanan, artinya jika komunikasi terapeutik ditingkatkan maka kinerja pelayanan juga akan meningkat pula.</p><p> </p><p>The Elderly Social Service House "Potroyudan" Jepara and the Aged Social Care Center "Turusgede" Rembang is a Social Service Home of Social Service of Central Java Province. The research method used in this thesis is using quantitative approach with ex post facto design. Variable in this research there are three independent variables and two variables, namely: training quality, emotional intelligence , therapeutic communication , and service performance. From the results of the study there is a significant influence between the quality of training with emotional intelligence, which means the increased quality of service will increase the intelligence of one's emotions; There is a significant influence between the quality of training and therapeutic communication, which means that the higher the quality of service, the more therapeutic communication will increase; There is no significant influence between emotional intelligence and therapeutic communication, meaning that although enhanced emotional intelligence will not affect therapeutic communication; A significant influence between the quality of training and service performance, meaning that if the quality of training is improved, the service performance will increase; There is a significant influence between emotional intelligence and service performance, meaning if the emotional intelligence is improved then the service performance will also increase; And there is significant influence between therapeutic communication with service performance, meaning if therapeutic communication is improved then service performance will also increase also.</p>


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