THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SMARTPHONE ADDICTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND ANXIETY IN MIDWIFERY STUDENTS RECEIVING DISTANCE EDUCATION

It is obvious that during the COVID-19 pandemic period, use of smart phones has increased due to continuing distance education in our country. This study, therefore, aimed examine relationship between smartphone addiction, psychological well-being and anxiety midwifery students receiving education. Information 759 studying undergraduate programs was collected analyzed with web-based query forms. For collection data research, Personal Form (PIF), which included 14 questions, including socio-demographic characteristics, created online form tools prepared by researchers scanning literature, used along Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS), Psychological Well-being (PWBS) Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). While mean score addiction scale calculated as 30.29 ± 12.42, their high level (> 33 points) found be 36.4% (n = 276). determined most important independent factor (β= 0.32, t 10.01, p