Relationship between smartphone addiction and meaning and purpose of life in students of health sciences

Çevik, Cahide; Ciğerci, Yeliz; Kılıç, İbrahim; Uyar, Serpil

doi:10.1111/ppc.12485

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“…Both these paths are related to lower levels of life satisfaction and thus somewhat hamper the positive direct and indirect relationships between SA involvement and life satisfaction. These results are consistent with previous studies on substance addictions and some potential behavioral addictions ( Çevik et al., 2020 ; Hu et al., 2022 ; Martin et al., 2011 ), which suggest that the existential mechanism of struggling to find meaning in life may be their common feature.…”

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confidence: 92%

“… Steger (2009) defined meaning in life as the “extent to which people comprehend, make sense of, or see significance in their lives, accompanied by the degree to which they perceive themselves to have purpose, mission, or overarching aim in life” (p. 682). A substantial amount of data suggest that the problem with finding meaning in life is related to substance use ( Csabonyi & Phillips, 2020 ; Konkoly Thege, Bachner, Kushnir, & Kopp, 2009 ; Palfai & Weaver, 2006 ), substance dependence ( Laudet et al., 2006 ; Martin, MacKinnon, Johnson, & Rohsenow, 2011 ), problematic smartphone use ( Çevik, Ciğerci, Kılıç, & Uyar, 2020 ; Hu, Liu, & Wang, 2022 ), and problematic Internet use ( Zhang et al., 2015 ). Meaning in life has also been found to be an important factor for recovery and improved quality of life of individuals with drug dependence ( Laudet et al., 2006 ; Lyons, Deane, Caputi, & Kelly, 2011 ; Krentzman, Strobbe, Harris, Jester, & Robinson, 2017 ; Martin et al., 2011 ).…”

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Involvement in Sexaholics Anonymous and life satisfaction: The mediating role of meaning in life and hope

Wnuk

Charzyńska

2022

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Background and aims Some people are preoccupied with their sexual urges and fantasies and lose control over their sexual behaviors, which can cause adverse consequences for their health and well-being. One of the options available for individuals seeking treatment for compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) is a self-help group based on the twelve-step program. The main purpose of the current study was to examine the direct and indirect (through meaning in life and hope) relationships between involvement in Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) and life satisfaction. Methods The sample consisted of 80 Polish members of SA (72 men and 8 women) with a mean age of 38.96 years (SD = 10.56). The Sex Addiction Screening Test-Revised, the Meaning of Life Questionnaire, the Herth Hope Index, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and items adapted from the Alcoholics Anonymous Involvement Scale were used to measure the study variables. Results Path analysis showed a direct positive relationship between SA involvement and life satisfaction. Moreover, the relationship between these variables was mediated by the presence of meaning in life and hope. Simultaneously, more severe symptoms of CSBD were related to lower levels of the presence of meaning in life and higher levels of the search for meaning in life, which, in turn, predicted lower levels of life satisfaction. Discussion and conclusions The results suggest that finding meaning in life and restoring hope partly underlie the relationship between SA involvement and life satisfaction.

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Involvement in Sexaholics Anonymous and life satisfaction: The mediating role of meaning in life and hope

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Charzyńska

2022

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“…A concept related to MIL is purpose in life, which has been considered "a stable and generalized intention to accomplish something that is meaningful to the self and leads to engagement with some aspect of the world beyond the self " (16). As the two constructs are conceptually relevant, some scholars even used the terms "purpose in life" and MIL interchangeably (17)(18)(19). Nevertheless, some researchers proposed that they are different.…”

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Promotion of Meaning in Life and Wellbeing Among University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic via a Service-Learning Subject

Zhu

Chai

Shek

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Front. Public Health

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Utilizing the principle of “learning by doing,” service-learning (SL) course provides a platform for university students to apply academic knowledge in serving the community, reflecting on the serving experiences, deepening their understanding of the knowledge, and further improving their competence, responsibility, wellbeing, and meaning in life (MIL). This study reported university students' changes in psychological wellbeing (positive youth development attributes), subjective wellbeing (life satisfaction), and MIL after taking a SL subject during the COVID-19 pandemic through a one-group pretest-posttest design. Based on the data collected from 229 students (mean age = 20.86 ± 1.56 years, 48.0% females), repeated-measures multivariate general linear model (GLM) analyses revealed that students showed significant positive changes in wellbeing and MIL. In addition, pretest MIL scores positively predicted posttest scores of the two wellbeing measures but not vice versa. As predicted, improvement in MIL among students was closely associated with the positive changes in both psychological and subjective wellbeing measures. These findings suggest that SL participation during the pandemic may promote students' life meaning and foster their wellbeing. Furthermore, MIL and wellbeing may improve simultaneously, and MIL enhancement may further contribute to improvement in psychological and subjective wellbeing. The findings further prove that SL is an effective pedagogy in higher education settings in promoting youth positive development.

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“…On the other hand, smartphone addiction is a current problem that mainly affects university students [24] – [27] . Therefore, the implementation of mobile learning must involve the development of good teaching practice.…”

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Mobile Learning in Higher Education: Structural Equation Model for Good Teaching Practices

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Mobile learning is a methodology that involves the use of mobile devices to carry out the teaching-learning process. In exceptional situations such as that experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, virtual training methods take on great importance, being the main route for the education of students. The purposes of this paper were to analyse the degree of implementation of the mobile learning methodology in Spanish universities and to check the sociodemographic factors that influence the development of good teaching practices in mobile learning. Ten hypothetical relationships were established and contrasted using a structural equation model. The sample was made up of 1544 university professors from 59 Spanish universities who were asked to complete a questionnaire designed to evaluate mobile learning practices. The results indicated that the degree of implementation of mobile devices was almost 73% of the population surveyed. While the sociodemographic factors that significantly influenced the development of good teaching practices were: teacher status; type of institution; educational technology research; implementing pedagogical innovations on a regular basis; agree that mobile devices are appropriate; belief in the expansion of mobile learning. Finally, the main findings and practical implications derived from the data obtained were discussed. INDEX TERMS Good teaching practices, higher education, mobile devices, mobile learning, structural equation model.

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Relationship between smartphone addiction and meaning and purpose of life in students of health sciences

Cited by 30 publications

References 29 publications

Involvement in Sexaholics Anonymous and life satisfaction: The mediating role of meaning in life and hope

Involvement in Sexaholics Anonymous and life satisfaction: The mediating role of meaning in life and hope

Promotion of Meaning in Life and Wellbeing Among University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic via a Service-Learning Subject

Mobile Learning in Higher Education: Structural Equation Model for Good Teaching Practices

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