TY - GEN
T1 - The impact of smartphone use on the psychosocial wellness of college students
AU - Faiola, Anthony
AU - Vatani, Haleh
AU - Srinivas, Preethi
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Researchers suggest that excessive smartphone use is correlated with negative psychosocial effects, particularly among younger adults—causing feelings of isolation, depression/anxiety, and restlessness. This pilot study on psychosocial wellness, of 22 college students—measured the impact of smartphone use on emotion/mood, dependency, addiction, purpose of life, social communications, and self-consciousness. For our data analysis, we measured frequency with conversion percentages (of 35 questions) using a seven-point Likert-scale of strongly disagree- to-strongly agree, while averaging the scores of each question group pertaining to each hypothesis. While only 22% agreed they were addicted to smartphone use, 68% reported constantly checking their smartphone, with 57% agreeing that they were smartphone dependent. The majority agreed that smartphone use increased anxiety, stress, and feelings of impatience, if their phone was not with them. While the majority agreed that the smartphone is their primary means of communication, 90% agreed that nothing is more fun than using their smartphone.
AB - Researchers suggest that excessive smartphone use is correlated with negative psychosocial effects, particularly among younger adults—causing feelings of isolation, depression/anxiety, and restlessness. This pilot study on psychosocial wellness, of 22 college students—measured the impact of smartphone use on emotion/mood, dependency, addiction, purpose of life, social communications, and self-consciousness. For our data analysis, we measured frequency with conversion percentages (of 35 questions) using a seven-point Likert-scale of strongly disagree- to-strongly agree, while averaging the scores of each question group pertaining to each hypothesis. While only 22% agreed they were addicted to smartphone use, 68% reported constantly checking their smartphone, with 57% agreeing that they were smartphone dependent. The majority agreed that smartphone use increased anxiety, stress, and feelings of impatience, if their phone was not with them. While the majority agreed that the smartphone is their primary means of communication, 90% agreed that nothing is more fun than using their smartphone.
KW - Emotion
KW - Mood
KW - Psychosocial
KW - Self-consciousness
KW - Smartphones
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-02846-6_21
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-02846-6_21
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85057129500
SN - 9783030028459
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 264
EP - 276
BT - Digital Transformation and Global Society - Third International Conference, DTGS 2018, Revised Selected Papers
A2 - Alexandrov, Daniel A.
A2 - Kabanov, Yury
A2 - Koltsova, Olessia
A2 - Boukhanovsky, Alexander V.
A2 - Chugunov, Andrei V.
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Digital Transformation and Global Society, DTGS 2018
Y2 - 30 May 2018 through 2 June 2018
ER -