Addiction to new technologies (Internet, smartphone and video games) as well cyber-aggression presents a growing incidence at global level. Correlational research is proposed with sample of n = 127 Costa Rican adolescents, mean age 16.32 years, comprising 67 men 60 women. The objective was determine the prevalence Internet, game addiction its close relationship cyberbullying (cyber-victim role,...

OBJECTIVE To translate, adapt and validate the Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI) in a Brazilian population of young adults. METHOD We employed the translation and back-translation method for the adaptation of the Brazilian version SPAI (SPAI-BR). The sample consisted of 415 university students. Data was collected through an electronic questionnaire, which consisted of the SPAI-BR and the ...

Background: Individual sleep and activity patterns show large variations are interfered considerably by social schedules. Social jetlag (SJL) is the difference between intrinsic circadian rhythm extrinsically enforced sleep-wake cycle. However, little known about variables affecting severity of SJL. Methodology: We evaluated whether sleep- or smartphone-related affected SJL among college studen...

The aim of this study is to examine the feeling being stuck and phone addiction levels student participants in Manisa Celal Bayar University Faculty Sport Sciences. In study, convenience sampling model, which one quantitative research methods, was used as a method. group consists 97 female 193 male students from Personal information form prepared by researcher, Smartphone Addiction (Short Form)...

This study was planned as a descriptive in order to research the digital game addiction, social anxiety, and alexithymia levels of adolescents. conducted with 626 adolescents age group 12-15 years. The data were collected using Descriptive Characteristics Form, DGAS-7 (Digital Game Addiction Scale), SAS-A (Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents), AQC (Alexithymia Questionnaire Children). It can b...

Background Despite the fact that an increasing number of older adults are addicted to smartphones, existing addiction literature still focuses primarily on adolescents. To address this issue, study draws from perspectives subjective cognitive decline and family relationship conflict examine adults’ smartphone based their key characteristics. Methods This investigates effects through a survey 37...

Smartphone is an alternative communication and information dissemination in today's digital era. There are advantages disadvantages of smartphones as a means communication, including the impact that makes many people addicted. This study aims to determine whether learning motivation well-being affect smartphone addiction students. research method uses quantitative approach. The subject this was...

Objective This study aimed to study the mobile phone addiction behavior and awareness on electromagnetic radiation (EMR) among a sample of Malaysian population. Methods This online study was conducted between December 2015 and 2016. The study instrument comprised eight segments, namely, informed consent form, demographic details, habituation, mobile phone fact and EMR details, mobile phone aw...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence and correlates of smartphone addiction among university students in Saudi Arabia. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between September 2014 and March 2015. An electronic self administered questionnaire and the problematic use of mobile phones (PUMP) Scale were used.  RESULTS Out o...

The novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a major health problem worldwide. impact of COVID-19 also been associated with psychological and social problems. main objective the present study was to examine associations between fear mental wellbeing, through serial mediation analysis that included loneliness smartphone addiction. Utilising convenience sampling from 73 81 cities in ...