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Abstract

This article quantifies the heavy use of smartphone and Facebook among African American college students. It examines the major predictors of smartphone and Facebook overuse, including demographic and personality traits. It further explores the effect of heavy utilization of smartphone and Facebook on the academic performance of African American college students. Younger and female users spent significantly more time on their smartphones. However, excessive Facebook use was not related to gender of our participants. In terms of the prevalence rate, about 11% of the sample showed a high level of smartphone addiction and 10% scored a high level of Facebook addiction. Among personality and psychological traits, social interaction anxiety was the most important predictor of heavy utilization of smartphone and Facebook, not extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, or conscientiousness. As expected, multitasking was significantly and positively correlated with excessive smartphone and Facebook use. Surprisingly, multitasking behavior and frequent checking of smartphones did not harm academic performance. Possible reasons for the absence of negative effects on grade point average (GPA) are discussed.

Social Networking Addiction among Health Sciences Students in Oman

“…Nonetheless, rates of general addiction observed in this study were similar to those determined in other studies. 17,24,25 Importantly, however, addiction rates were much lower when the results were adjusted to exclude work-related social media activity. Unfortunately, only one of the comparative studies mentioned above considered work-related activities when calculating addiction rates, so further comparisons were not possible.…”

“…fixation with online games or mobile phones). 8,[15][16][17] Similarly, concerns have been raised regarding the increased use of SNSs since the late 1990s, with an increasing number of reports of SNS addiction. 18 Given that Internet and SNS usage patterns in Oman conform to global trends, 6 there is reason to suspect that SNS addiction patterns in this country may be similar to those reported worldwide.…”

Validation of the Persian Smartphone Addiction Scale Among Tehran University Students, Iran

“…This percentage varies in studies of different populations. In a survey by Lee, about 11% of African-American college students demonstrated an abnormal state of smartphone addiction and 10% scored a high level of Facebook addiction (16). In Switzerland, smartphone addiction was found in 16.9% of students (17).…”

Text You Pictures: The Role of Group Belonging, Race Identity, Race, and Gender in Older Adolescents’ Mobile Phone Use

“…Overall, these studies underscore a strong motivation to enact, celebrate and share "being Black" both with those who are close and those who represent weak ties who are also Black (e.g., Florini 2014). As well, Lee (2012Lee ( , 2015 conducted research examining Facebook usage among African American college students. The findings emphasized the importance of identity presentation and communication with other African American students on Facebook.…”