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Noor-i-Kiran Naeem; Zil-e-Fatima Naeem; Asfand Yar Anwar – Discover Education, 2024
This study aimed to determine the trends of smartphone usage and behaviours associated with its use among undergraduate medical students at ABWA Medical College, Pakistan. Conducted from July to December 2023, this cross-sectional survey involved 270 undergraduate medical students, with 264 participants responding, resulting in a 97.7% response…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Handheld Devices
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Mensah Prince Osiesi; Olutoyin Olufunke Fajobi; Sikeade Mercy Adegboyega; Abiodun Adesope Fadiya; Olaitan Titilayo Akinola; Muyiwa Sunday Ajimuse; Folasade Oluyemisi Olayinka; Sunday Nnamdi Okocha; Tolulope Oluwatoyin Olayiwola-Adedoja; Oladipo Adeyeye Olubodun; Atinuke Titilope Babalola; Valentina Grion – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2025
Objective: Internet addiction among university undergraduates may deeply impact their academic lives. This study investigated the association between academic fatigue, academic engagement, academic performance, gender, and internet addiction and how the variables jointly and relatively predict internet addiction among undergraduates in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Addictive Behavior, Undergraduate Students
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Omer Faruk Cantekin; Umit Ozen – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2024
This study aims to examine the relationships between family climate, emotional authenticity, and technology addiction among university students. The research was conducted with 1,012 university students, based on a descriptive-relational survey model. Data were collected using family climate, emotional authenticity, and technology addiction…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Addictive Behavior, Family Environment
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Norazha Paiman; Muhammad Ashraf Fauzi – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This research aims to build on the pre-existing corpus of literature through the integration of the technology acceptance model (TAM) and usage habit to more accurately capture the determinants associated with social media addiction among university students. This study seeks to delineate how usage habit and TAM may be used as predictors…
Descriptors: Social Media, Addictive Behavior, Technology, Student Attitudes
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Seda Çakmak; Özlem Tanriöver – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: The use of social networks has grown substantially over the past few years and especially during COVID-19. This study aims to investigate the possible relationship between social media addiction and obesity which may lead to disturbed body perception in university students. Participants: A total of 250 undergraduates participated.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Self Concept, Obesity, Social Media
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Hok-Ko Pong – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2024
This study explores the correlation between spiritual well-being and game addiction among Chinese youths in Hong Kong. To examine such a relationship, cross-sectional data (N = 401) were taken from a sample of 209 Chinese university students in 2021 and 192 Chinese university students in 2022. They are between 18-21 years old. The participants…
Descriptors: Well Being, Spiritual Development, Addictive Behavior, Undergraduate Students
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N. Swalve – College Teaching, 2024
Empathy is linked to decreased relapse in patients with substance abuse. Educational programming for nursing and medical students focused on developing empathy, but no research has been done on how drug education can alter perceptions and empathy toward addiction. This study examined the influence of a drugs course on attitudes toward addiction.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Addictive Behavior, Empathy, Course Descriptions
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Anna Sui; Wuyou Sui; Jennifer Irwin – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Smartphone ownership and engagement are at an all-time high. Excessive smartphone use may impart smartphone-specific anxiety; specifically, the fear of being unable to access or use one's smartphone, or nomophobia. Young adults, in particular, are at higher risk for nomophobia, given higher ownership of and engagement with smartphones. Notably,…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Internet, Addictive Behavior, Anxiety
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Alison C. McLeish; Joy L. Hart; Kandi L. Walker – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Work examining the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on e-cigarette use among college students is limited. Therefore, the current study examined differences in college student e-cigarette users' changes in use behavior and risk perceptions as the pandemic continues. Participants: 129 undergraduate current e-cigarette users…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Risk, Smoking
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Sourav Choudhury; Nikita Ruth D’cruz; Joy Prakash Deb; Samiul Biswas; Sandeep Dagdu Patil – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2025
The study aimed at exploring the relationship between social media disorder and academic procrastination, and to thereby investigate the mediating effects of intrusive thinking and fatigue. By enrolling 412 undergraduate college students in India, the interconnectedness of the four variables was investigated using Social Media Disorder scale by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Social Media, Student Motivation
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Julie A. Wojtaszek; Karen K. Saules – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study aimed to understand COVID-19 pandemic impacts on anxiety, depression, and addictive/excessive behaviors, with exploration of intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and social connectedness as potential moderators. Participants: Adult college students participated. Method: Our online survey assessed symptoms and behaviors prior to…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Interpersonal Relationship, Addictive Behavior, Mental Health
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Jordan Jurinsky; Jessica M. Perkins; Emily N. Satinsky; Andrew J. Finch – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: Little is known about the extent of student awareness about collegiate recovery communities (CRCs) and of peers in recovery. Participants: A convenience sample of 237 undergraduate students from a diverse major at a private university participated in an anonymous online survey in Fall 2019. Methods: Participants reported whether they…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Undergraduate Students, Addictive Behavior, Substance Abuse
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Laura J. Holt; Meredith K. Ginley; Clara Pingeon; Richard Feinn – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: College students use electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) more often than any other US demographic group. In a novel application of the acquired preparedness model, we examined how proximal (e.g., cognitions) and distal (e.g., dispositional) influences accounted for ENDS use and dependence. Participants: Undergraduates (N = 1075;…
Descriptors: Smoking, Electronic Equipment, Risk, Health Behavior
Elliot Grace – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Dangerous alcohol use, or binge drinking and alcohol use that results in significant negative consequences, is a major health concern in university populations. Research on graduate students' and Veteran students' alcohol use is limited. Using protective behavioral strategies (PBS) before or during alcohol use can attenuate the negative…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Veterans, Drinking
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E. L. Cary; D. Bergen-Cico; S. Sinegar; M. K. A. Schutt; E. C. Helminen; J. C. Felver – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) reduces anxiety among undergraduate students; however, there is limited evidence demonstrating mechanistic underpinnings. Theoretical models implicate cognitive self-regulation as a mechanism. This study explored whether an adapted MBSR embedded in a college course reduced anxiety and if…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Stress Management, Stress Variables, Anxiety
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