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Jiayi Li; Aitao Lu; Liwen Ye; Guoping Chen; Hong Ling; Wanyi Chen; Yingjie Zhong; Yuening An; Xiayao Ke – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Mobile phone addiction (MPA) has become a prevalent issue among adolescents, which is closely associated with cognitive failure. The present study seeks to explore the network structure of the association between MPA and cognitive failure among adolescents by network analysis, as well as the mediating roles of self-control and mind wandering by…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Addictive Behavior, Self Control
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Yönem Tüccaroglu; Sebnem Güldal Kan – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2025
The early childhood period, often referred to as the "magical years of life" by many scientists, is when development occurs most rapidly after the prenatal stage. This rapid development necessitates heightened attention to ensure that children spend their time in ways that promote healthy growth. It is frequently observed that…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Information Technology, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
Farhad Mohammad Afzali – ProQuest LLC, 2022
University students' smartphone usage in academic settings is commonplace. In this dissertation, I aim to explore different sides of smartphone usage among university students to address the gap in prior research and reach more accurate findings. I utilized various research methodologies to examine the research objective. I started by observing…
Descriptors: College Students, Handheld Devices, Attention Control, Recall (Psychology)
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Gezgin, Deniz Mertkan; Gurbuz, Fatmagul; Barburoglu, Yusuf – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2023
This research aims to examine the relationship between high school students' reading habits and their smartphone addiction level. The sample consisted of 512 high school students studying in various private schools located in Turkish cities of Istanbul and Edirne. High school students were included in the study using the convenience sampling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
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Sevinç, Meryem; Dogusoy, Berrin – Participatory Educational Research, 2022
Students' problematic internet behaviour is often mentioned concept in the related literature. Even though the related literature concentrated on students' problematic internet behaviour from various perspectives among different sampling groups, most of the studies focused on adults than younger groups. Therefore, the current study focused on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Alanoglu, Müslim; Karabatak, Songül – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2021
The purpose of the present study is to determine the relationship between students' smartphone cyberloafing and their attitudes towards learning and also to reveal their opinions about what teachers can do to prevent smartphone cyberloafing. Within the scope of the study, data was collected from 676 students at the education faculty at Firat…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Student Attitudes, Attention Control, Foreign Countries
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Selwyn, Neil; Aagaard, Jesper – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
There is now an emerging worldwide trend for mobile phones being banned from classrooms and schools. While some academics working in the area of educational technology have raised concerns, many others have so far failed to respond to what is a significant shift in the ongoing development of digital education. The paper considers how academic…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Classroom Techniques, Addictive Behavior, Attention Control
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Seungyeon Lee; Minsung Kim; Jessica Mendoza; Jennifer Miller – College Student Journal, 2022
Electronic devices (e.g., cellphones) are a means of technology advancement, but research suggests that frequent use of them in the classroom impairs attention and learning (Lee et al., 2017; Mendoza et al., 2018; Lee et al., 2020). The present study (N = 393) establishes a pre-existing regression model examining the significance of mindfulness…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, College Students
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Saritepeci, Mustafa – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
Cyberloafing is one of the phenomena that adversely affects the efficiency and productivity in learning and teaching activities in educational settings. Increased ICT (information and "communication technology") access status in educational environments and personal mobile devices lead to a wide range of cyberloafing behaviors of…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, High School Students, Attention Control, Metacognition
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Mrazek, Alissa J.; Mrazek, Michael D.; Ortega, Joshua R.; Ji, Rosie R.; Karimi, Sana S.; Brown, Chelsea S.; Alexander, Chelsie A.; Khan, Maliha; Panahi, Rhozhen; Sadoff, Madeline; Scott, Ashley; Tyszka, JimiRose E.; Schooler, Jonathan W. – Education Sciences, 2021
Although research suggests that phone usage during academic activities is problematic for learning and performance, little is known about high school students' digital multitasking during homework. This exploratory descriptive study surveyed 135 students from four public U.S. high schools to investigate teenagers' attitudes towards digital…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Homework, Adolescents
Mrazek, Alissa J.; Mrazek, Michael D.; Ortega, Joshua R.; Ji, Rosie R.; Karimi, Sana S.; Brown, Chelsea S.; Alexander, Chelsie A.; Khan, Maliha; Panahi, Rhozhen; Sadoff, Madeline; Scott, Ashley; Tyszka, JimiRose E.; Schooler, Jonathan W. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Although research suggests that phone usage during academic activities is problematic for learning and performance, little is known about high school students' digital multitasking during homework. This exploratory descriptive study surveyed 135 students from four public U.S. high schools to investigate teenagers' attitudes towards digital…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Homework, Adolescents
Laverne Heather DaCosta – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The digital revolution of over twenty years has shifted how society communicates and the cellphone has become the most popular communication tool among adolescents. Consequently, cellphone use in the 21st century has extended to the classroom, and many educators are overwhelmed by students' unauthorized cellphone use. Researchers suggested…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Handheld Devices, Synchronous Communication, Attention Control