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| Published: September 30, 2024
A Study of Smartphone Addiction among College Students
Research Scholar, Shri Goving Guru University, Godhra-389001 Dist. PMS. Google Scholar More about the auther
Guide, Asst. Professor, Psychology Department, S.C.A Patel Arts college, Sadhli, Ta. Sinor, Dist. Vadodara Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.307.20241203
DOI: 10.25215/1203.307
ABSTRACT
As portable advanced computing devices, smartphones enable Internet access, GPS capabilities, personal management tools, media playback, cameras, and a and a wide range of applications. In modern society, the smartphone has become an essential companion. Smartphones are widely used for their features and ability to create entertainment, which is evidenced by the prevalence of smartphone overuse problems, especially among students. Smartphones have had a huge impact on many areas of the world, including business, education, health, and social media. Smartphones change cultural norms and have positive and negative effects on human behavior. They encourage interaction with people while starting a microculture and make it easier to participate in activities previously considered risky. According to the relevant literature research, a lot of work has been done to integrate smartphones in education to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the learning process. The purpose of this study was to find out whether there are differences in smartphone addiction among college students with respect to their area of residence. Dr. Vijayshri and Dr. Masaud Ansari’s smartphone addiction scale was used. In this research paper, 200 students were randomly selected from various colleges in Panchmahal district. The result shows that there is no significant difference between gender (boys and girls) and area of residence (urban and rural areas) in relation to their smartphone addiction.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2024, Umarji, M.H. & Patel, B.K.
Received: July 31, 2024; Revision Received: September 27, 2024; Accepted: September 30, 2024
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.307.20241203
10.25215/1203.307
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Published in Volume 12, Issue 3, July-September, 2024