Smartphone Addiction and Associated Psychological Factors

Abstract

The use of smartphone technology has increased drastically resulting in a risk of addiction to certain web applications, such as social networking sites (SNS) that are easily accessible via smartphones. A major concern regarding the increased use of SNS sites is the risk of an increase in narcissism amongst users of SNS. The present study examined the relationship between smartphone use, narcissistic tendencies, and personality as predictors of smartphone addiction. A self-selected sample of 256 smartphone users (M = 29.2; SD = 9.49) completed an online survey. The results revealed that 13.3% of the sample was classified as addicted to smartphones. Regression analysis revealed that narcissism, openness, neuroticism, and age were linked to smartphone addiction. Therefore, it is suggested that smartphones encourage narcissism, even in non-narcissistic users. Future research requires more in-depth qualitative data, addiction scale comparisons, and comparison of use with, and without, SNS access. Further, it is advised that prospective buyers of smartphones be pre-warned of the potential addictive properties of new technology.

Understanding Patterns for Smartphone Addiction: Age, Sleep Duration, Social Network Use and Fear of Missing Out

“…Contrary to this result, other studies reported that as age decreases, the increase of smartphone dependency is in negative relation (Lu et al, 2011;Pearson & Hussain, 2016;van Deursen et al, 2015). However, it is thought that the age difference (14-19 years) between the adolescents is small and that the younger adolescents are more under control by their parents.…”

“…Divan, Kheifets, Obel, and Olsen (2012), have found that children using mobile phones are more likely to display behavioural problems such as nervousness, bad temperament, mental distraction and indolence and that; these problems worsen if the child begins using the mobile phone at an earlier age. A study by Pearson and Hussain (2016) of 17-68 year olds found a negative relationship between age and smartphone addiction. Their results showed that younger individuals are more prone to smartphone addiction.…”

Smartphone Addiction and the Use of Social Media among University Students

“…Long et al (2016) have studied problematic mobile phone use among Chinese undergraduates and found the prevalence of problematic smartphone use to be 21.3%. Pearson and Hussain (2016) conducted an online survey in the UK and found that only 13.3% of their sample meet smartphone addiction criteria. Since different instruments are used in different cultures, the results appear to diverge markedly.…”

“…These results are found to be parallel to, but not exactly the same as, those in the relevant literature. Pearson and Hussain (2016) indicated that SNS applications are the most popular applications, followed by instant messaging, and music, photo and video applications. They also mentioned that dating applications are used by only 2% of their participants, which is similar to the findings of the present study.…”

Connection of depression, anxiety and impulsivity with the way of using modern mobile phones among students

“…Uopšteno, ne specifikujući tip povezanosti, kroz niz istraživanja dokazana je veza između zavisničke upotrebe telefona i psihopatoloških stanja depresije, poremećaja sna, generalizovane anksioznosti i socijalne anksioznosti (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13). Usmeravajući se samo na faktore koji predisponiraju pojavu problematične upotrebe pametnog telefona, pokazan je efekat za psihološke odlike narcisoidnosti, negativne samoprocene, impulsivnosti, neuroticizma, kao i sklonosti ka negativnim emocionalnim stanjima depresivnosti i anksioznosti (8,9,(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20).…”