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Mohamed Yaakoubi; Faiçal Farhat; Mustapha Bouchiba; Liwa Masmoudi; Omar Trabelsi; Ahmed Ghorbel; Adnene Gharbi – School Mental Health, 2024
This study investigates smartphone addiction prevalence among Tunisian middle school students and its associations with sleep quality, fatigue, cognitive functioning, and academic achievement. Using structured interviews, we collected demographic data, grade point averages, and phone usage details from 1015 students aged 14-16. Participants also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
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Wei Yao; Hanchao Hou; Peng Yang; Shiguang Ni – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Smartphone addiction and academic burnout are typical psycho-behavioral problems among adolescents. Extant studies tend to examine them from a single-problem perspective, while research on their co-occurrence is lacking. Moreover, research has been prone to focus on the impacts of the negative sides of smartphone use on the two problems, ignoring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior
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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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Hongyang Liu; Lucie Vachova; Irena Plevova – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2024
Mobile phone dependence refers to the excessive use of mobile phones by individuals, which may cause problems in study, work and life. We compared differences in mobile phone dependence among Chinese and Czech university students, and explore the relationship between mobile phone dependence and academic achievement among them in this paper. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Academic Achievement
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Ammunje, Rithwik Nayak; Prabhu H., Mahesh; Barkur, Gopalakrishna – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the impact of excessive smartphone use on students' academic performance. In today's digitalized world, smartphones have become a vital device in human lives and have taken control over every aspect of day-to-day activities. Design/methodology/approach: After a thorough literature review, the factors associated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Academic Achievement
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Masalimova, Alfiya R.; Khairullina, Elmira R.; Lapidus, Natalya I.; Orekhovskaya, Natalia A.; Zheltukhina, Marina R.; Baranova, Ekaterina A. – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2022
Smartphones are mobile technology cutting-edge. Daily, the amount of time spent on a phone increases. Excessive smartphone use and addiction have developed into big social issues. Addiction to smartphones is a negative and pathological concept that is assessed by a set of subjective and behavioral symptoms including fixation, loss of control, and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, STEM Education, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
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Wuyou Sui; Anna Sui; Joseph Munn; Jennifer D. Irwin – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Background: This study aimed to: (a) explore differences in the prevalence of nomophobia and smartphone addiction (SA) from pre- to during COVID-19; (b) identify students' self-reported changes in smartphone reliance and screen time during COVID-19; and (c) examine whether self-perceived changes in smartphone usage predicted nomophobia and SA…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Anxiety, Addictive Behavior
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Abdelmohsen Hamed Okela – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2023
This study examined the correlation between Egyptian university students' smartphone addiction and digital media literacy. Data were gathered from a sample of 558 students enrolled at Minia University, aged 18-22, using an online questionnaire. Results revealed a significant positive correlation between smartphone overuse and digital media…
Descriptors: College Students, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Influence of Technology
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Maslin Masrom; Abdelsalam Busalim; Mark D. Griffiths; Shahla Asadi; Raihana Mohd Ali – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
The use of Instagram is becoming increasingly popular among students. Excessive Instagram use (EIU) has become a growing problem that can impact students' lives psychosocially. This study applied uses and gratifications theory (UGT) to explore the impact of social gratification, content gratification, and entertainment along with social presence,…
Descriptors: Social Media, Delay of Gratification, Social Influences, Interpersonal Relationship
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Fatih Aydogdu; Neriman Aral; Figen Gursoy; Burcin Aysu – International Technology and Education Journal, 2024
In this study, it is aimed to develop a scale to determine the nomophobia levels of adolescents. The study included 884 adolescents aged 10-18. The theoretical basis was created by first reviewing the literature to reveal the structure of nomophobia in adolescents, which is the feature to be measured in the study. Similar scales were taken as a…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Anxiety, Fear, Adolescents
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Rudkovska, Anna; Sui, Wuyou; Irwin, Jennifer D. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: To explore the prevalence and severity of smartphone addiction among a sample of Canadian university students. Participants: A sample of 925 full-time university students enrolled at the host institution were recruited. Participants were primarily undergraduates (70.2%), women (77.1%), and owned an Apple smartphone (70.3%). Methods:…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior, Foreign Countries, College Students
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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
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Juan Li; Yue Jiang; Bowen Xiao; Jingyao Wang; Qing Zhang; Weifang Zhang; Yan Li – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
To examine the reliability and validity of revised Parental Phubbing Scale (PPS) and measure the level of parental phubbing, 701 Chinese children aged 3-6 years and their parents were investigated. The results indicated that: (1) the construct validity of the PPS was supported by the best-fit one-factor model; (2) concurrent validity was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Young Children
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Costina-Ruxandra Poetar; Anca Dobrean; Ionut Stelian Florean – Youth & Society, 2024
The aim of this study was to assess the pattern of mutual relations within the Problematic Smartphone Use (PSU) (first network) and between adolescent mental health problems and PSU (second network). The invariance of both networks was investigated across age, gender, and severity of symptoms. The participants were 708 Romanian adolescents…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Mental Health, Adolescents
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Lim, Sun Ah – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023
Background: In recent years, the penetration rate of smartphones among Korean teenagers has increased, making it critical to clarify the influence of these devices on adolescents' lives. Objective: This study investigated the effects of smartphone dependence on peer relationships and life satisfaction among Korean adolescents. Methods: Using the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Middle School Students, Addictive Behavior
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