The impact of smartphone use on the psychosocial wellness of college students

Anthony Faiola; Haleh Vatani; Preethi Srinivas

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-02846-6_21

The impact of smartphone use on the psychosocial wellness of college students

Anthony Faiola, Haleh Vatani, Preethi Srinivas

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Digital Transformation and Global Society - Third International Conference, DTGS 2018, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Daniel A. Alexandrov, Yury Kabanov, Olessia Koltsova, Alexander V. Boukhanovsky, Andrei V. Chugunov
Pages	264-276
Number of pages	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02846-6_21
State	Published - 2018
Event	3rd International Conference on Digital Transformation and Global Society, DTGS 2018 - St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Duration: May 30 2018 → Jun 2 2018

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	859
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929

Conference

Conference	3rd International Conference on Digital Transformation and Global Society, DTGS 2018
Country/Territory	Russian Federation
City	St. Petersburg
Period	5/30/18 → 6/2/18

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Keywords

Emotion
Mood
Psychosocial
Self-consciousness
Smartphones

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Computer Science
General Mathematics

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Faiola, A., Vatani, H., & Srinivas, P. (2018). The impact of smartphone use on the psychosocial wellness of college students. In D. A. Alexandrov, Y. Kabanov, O. Koltsova, A. V. Boukhanovsky, & A. V. Chugunov (Eds.), Digital Transformation and Global Society - Third International Conference, DTGS 2018, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 264-276). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 859). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02846-6_21

Faiola, Anthony ; Vatani, Haleh ; Srinivas, Preethi. / The impact of smartphone use on the psychosocial wellness of college students. Digital Transformation and Global Society - Third International Conference, DTGS 2018, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Daniel A. Alexandrov ; Yury Kabanov ; Olessia Koltsova ; Alexander V. Boukhanovsky ; Andrei V. Chugunov. 2018. pp. 264-276 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Faiola, A, Vatani, H & Srinivas, P 2018, The impact of smartphone use on the psychosocial wellness of college students. in DA Alexandrov, Y Kabanov, O Koltsova, AV Boukhanovsky & AV Chugunov (eds), Digital Transformation and Global Society - Third International Conference, DTGS 2018, Revised Selected Papers. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 859, pp. 264-276, 3rd International Conference on Digital Transformation and Global Society, DTGS 2018, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 5/30/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02846-6_21

The impact of smartphone use on the psychosocial wellness of college students. / Faiola, Anthony; Vatani, Haleh; Srinivas, Preethi.
Digital Transformation and Global Society - Third International Conference, DTGS 2018, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Daniel A. Alexandrov; Yury Kabanov; Olessia Koltsova; Alexander V. Boukhanovsky; Andrei V. Chugunov. 2018. p. 264-276 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 859).

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Faiola A, Vatani H, Srinivas P. The impact of smartphone use on the psychosocial wellness of college students. In Alexandrov DA, Kabanov Y, Koltsova O, Boukhanovsky AV, Chugunov AV, editors, Digital Transformation and Global Society - Third International Conference, DTGS 2018, Revised Selected Papers. 2018. p. 264-276. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-02846-6_21

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