Smartphones Addiction and Its Correlations Among Assiut University Students
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 693
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Smartphones addiction scale (SAS)
研究概览
简要总结
Smartphones have become a part of our daily life, the number of people using smartphones is increasing day after day. Easy access to internet is the main advantage of smartphones in comparison to traditional mobile phones, so they are considered as handheld convenient substitutes to computers. People use smartphones for many different purposes such as communication, entertainment, browsing for information, education or business facilitation. Unfortunately the excessive use of smartphones makes people 'addicted' to that type of technology. Past research has shown that older people have less positive attitudes towards a variety of technologies and they are less likely than younger people to embrace new technology, so It seems that the problem of smartphones addiction is most likely to affect young people who are fascinated with new technologies.
详细描述
What is smartphones addiction? The concept of smartphones addiction is not proposed yet for inclusion in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) as non-substance-related disorder but it can be considered one type of technological addictions which were operationally defined by Griffiths as non-chemical (behavioral) addictions which involve human-machine interaction and usually contain inducing and reinforcing features which may contribute to the promotion of addictive tendencies.
Furthermore, Recent work by Lin, et al identified the criteria for diagnosis smartphones addiction as following:
A. Behavioral criteria (3 or more should be present):
- Preoccupation with smartphone use, and hence keeping smartphone available all day
- Recurrent failure to resist the impulse to use the smartphone
- Tolerance: a markedly increase in the duration of smartphone use is needed to achieve satisfaction
- Withdrawal: as manifested by a dysphoric mood, anxiety and/or irritability after a period without smartphone use
- Smartphone use for a period longer than intended
- Persistent desire and/or unsuccessful attempts to cut down or reduce smartphone use
- Excessive smartphone use and/or time spent on leaving the use
- Continued excessive smartphone use despite knowledge of having a persistent or recurrent physical or psychological problems caused by smartphone use
B. Functional impairment criteria (2 or more criteria should be present):
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 17 Years 至 23 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •-Egyptian students
- •Students in one selected academic year
- •Students have smartphones
排除标准
- •-Non-Egyptian students
- •Students in academic years other than the selected one
- •Students having traditional mobile phones or not having mobile phones at all
结局指标
主要结局
Smartphones addiction scale (SAS)
时间窗: 6 months
Prevalence of smartphones addiction and its adverse effects will be evaluated by a self-administered questionnaire guided by smartphones addiction scale developed by Kwon et al.
次要结局
- Factors associated with smartphones addiction questionnaire(6 months)
研究者
Mariam Gamal
principle investigator
Assiut University