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Download full textMensah 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
Direct linkTugba Kamali Arslantas; Muhammed Emre Yaylaci; Mehmet Özkaya – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2024
The current study aims to examine the association between digital literacy (DL), Internet addiction (IA) and cyberloafing (CL) levels of higher education students in Turkey. In addition, the study examined the correlation between "daily Internet use," "initial Internet usage," and "purpose of Internet use" with the…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Technological Literacy, Internet, College Students
Fatma Kurker; Abdullah Surucu – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
Academic procrastination is the failure to perform academic tasks on time or not doing at all. It can cause undesirable consequences for students' academic development and mental health. It has a complex structure that includes cognitive and emotional components in addition to its behavioral dimension. This study seeks to answer whether social…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Social Media, Time Management, Student Behavior
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
Yongzhong Jiang; Dirgha Raj Joshi; Jeevan Khanal – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2024
University students' engagement in online activities can impact both internet addiction and academic performance. This research aims to investigate these effects among university students. Using data from the "China College Students Longitudinal Survey" conducted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences between 2013 and 2018, this study…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Mediated Communication, Influence of Technology, Addictive Behavior
Yazici-Kabadayi, Sema; Kabadayi, Fedai; Avci, Mehmet – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2023
The purpose of the present study was to explore the relationship between internet addiction, relationship satisfaction, and Gestalt contact styles among university students. A sample from a university in Turkey was recruited, which included 373 university students (271 females, 72.7%), aged 15-55. We administered and assessed the Gestalt Contact…
Descriptors: College Students, Addictive Behavior, Internet, Interpersonal Relationship
Smartphone and Internet Addiction as Predictors of Cyberloafing Levels in Students: A Mediated Model
Öztürk, Mücahit; Kerse, Gökhan – Education for Information, 2022
This study aims to determine the predictors of cyberloafing behaviors of university students. In this context, we examined the effects of smartphone and internet addiction variables on cyberloafing levels. Besides, the mediator effect of internet addiction was determined in the impact of smartphone addiction on cyberloafing. We conducted the…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Internet, Addictive Behavior, Predictor Variables
Randah Barakat – International Education Studies, 2024
The present work explores the potential role of smartphone addiction in mediating the correlation between self-efficacy and Psychological Escapism among university students. The paper's stratified convenience sample comprised 195 students from the World Islamic Sciences and Education University. Validated scales measuring self-efficacy,…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior, Telecommunications, College Students
Weihong Ning; Fethi A. Inan – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2024
This study aimed to investigate the underlying mechanisms through which social media (SNS) addiction influences college students' academic performance. We developed an integrated model of the relationship between SNS addiction and academic performance based on the dual-systems theory. A total of 251 college students participated in this study.…
Descriptors: Social Media, Addictive Behavior, Student Behavior, College Students
Ahmed, Abdulatif Hajjismael; Elemo, Aman Sado; Hamed, Osman Alfahim Osman – Journal of College Student Development, 2023
With the advent of smartphone technologies, connections to other people, information, and services have transcended everyday norms. However, together with the evolving technologies, unprecedented changes in the behaviors of individuals are emerging. Among these changes is phubbing, the practice of ignoring those in the immediate surroundings…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Metacognition, Foreign Students, Foreign Countries
Dere, Zeynep – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2023
Digitalization is an unavoidable benefits of modern life Digital transformation and change continue to be experienced in every field. Adolescents have accessed many apps, including those related to their academic life, online in the past year. It is vital for the health of adolescents that researchers identify their Internet addictions and come up…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Student Behavior, Internet, Undergraduate Students
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
Farid, Muhammad Faisal; Jalal, Hina; Iqbal, Sara – Bulletin of Education and Research, 2022
Social media propagation carries the capacity for global communication and societal wellbeing, digital trading, entertainment, and the centre of engagement. The consequences of over-engagement in social media lead to depression, stress, and low performance. This study unfolds tendencies of excessive use of social media towards general anxiety and…
Descriptors: Social Media, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Emotional Intelligence
Gurbuz, Fatmagul; Bayrakli, Mehmet; Gezgin, Deniz Mertkan – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2023
With the increase in smartphone use, smartphone addiction has gained immense popularity and there has been a lot of research into smartphone addiction. Nonetheless, research examining the complex relationships between cyberloafing and smartphone addiction is still insufficient. Thus, the present study aims to establish the mediating role of fear…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Influence of Technology, Student Behavior
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
