Background: Despite a number of benefits, research has found that problematic smartphone use is positively associated with behavioral problems. However, the internal mechanisms underlying that relationship need further investigation. So, the aim of current study was to investigate the mediating role of sleep disturbance in the relationship between problematic smartphone use and aggression. Met...

Introduction Popularity and availability of smartphones have dramatically increased in the past years, led to a great impact on people’s daily lives changing their habits behaviors. This trend is accompanied by concerns regarding potentially adverse effects problematic smartphone use, particularly with respect physical mental health. Objectives In this study, we investigated prevalence associat...

The use of mobile wireless technologies brings associated paradoxes already identified in the literature. Thus, this research uses quantitative analysis to determine the perception of presence and intensity level of fourteen technological paradoxes related to the use of smartphone by professionals in Brazil. Besides, this study identifies the variables that impact the perception of each paradox...

Through the lens of rational addiction theory (Becker and Murphy, 1988), this study investigates whether addiction to mobile social apps should be viewed as a rational behavior rather than an uncontrollable, irrational disorder. To derive the analytical model, this study extends the rational addiction framework to include a utility-level network effect as the key factor that regulates the inter...

This research aimed to examine the correlations between coronavirus anxiety, smartphone addiction, and sleep quality during COVID-19 pandemic. Material Methods: study had a cross-sectional descriptive correlational design and. Snowball sampling was used. Data collection done online with individuals from different cities around Turkey May – June 2021. The completed 684 participants in total. For...

Smartphone ownership and screen time are increasing across the world, but there have been few attempts to quantify smartphone addiction on a global scale. We conducted meta-analysis of studies published between 2014 2020 that used Addiction Scale, most common measure problematic use. focused adolescents young adults (aged 15 35) since they tend highest rates. Across 24 countries, 83 samples, 33...

This research paper aims to investigate the impact of smartphone addiction on academic performance higher education institutions students. Primary data (n=500) was collected from students under five departments using simple random sampling technique. Smartphone Addiction Inventory Scale (SPAI) and multiple logistic regression method employed in study. Results show that factors like age, age fir...