![]() Social media usage was assessed by a self-administered questionnaire titled Social Media and Academic Performance of Students Questionnaire (SMAAPOS). This study aims to evaluate gender differences amongst students at the University of Sharjah (UoS) for predicting the impact of social media usage on their academic performance.Ī cross-sectional study was conducted on 328 medical UoS students across all years of study. The impact of social media usage on academic performance is not known. There is a great variation of the level of this impact depending on gender and some other factors. Social media usage is considered one of the most common activities among university students that could impact their daily lives. This study was designed with mixed method which includes at least one quantitative and one qualitative method.The findings of the study differed by smartphone usage duration of the pre-service teachers and their scores of the Nomophobia Questionnaire and the FoMO scale.Īccording to the findings, the participants frequently used the metaphors of “friend, organ, eating, need, lover” for smartphone, “being lonely, nothingness” for Nomophobia and “failing to be up to date, necessity” for FoMO. In the literature, studies on Nomophobia andįoMO have been conducted as quantitative research. This study aimed to identify pre-service teachers’ metaphorical perceptions of smartphone, Nomophobia and FoMO. With this increase in usage, university students are more likely to be predisposed to Nomophobia and FoMO, and therefore, have problems leading to fear, anxiety and stress. University students now have longer durations of social media and smartphone usage due to Nomophobia and FoMO. Nomophobia, the fear of no mobile phone, and FoMO, the fear of missing out developments on social media, present a risk especially for university students. The togetherness of smartphones and social media has emerged two negative phenomena called Nomophobia and FoMO. Behavioral aspects were associated with internet dependence in a sample of adolescents from Rio Branco, Acre. The present study showed a high prevalence of Internet dependence, with female adolescents being more susceptible. A protective association of reading habits in relation to Internet dependence was observed. The factors associated with Internet addiction were being female, using the computer for more than two hours a day during weekdays and on the weekend, not practicing physical activities and going out to dance at nightclubs and concerts at least once a month. Higher dependence was observed in females. ![]() The overall prevalence of Internet addiction was 10.6%. The associated factors were identified by multiple logistic regression analyses. Internet addiction was verified using the Internet Addiction Test (IAT), with a cutoff equal to or greater than 70 points. A structured questionnaire with questions about demographics, family and behavioral patterns was applied. Consequently, a significant negative relationship was found between the high school students’ smartphone addiction level and their reading behaviours, and some recommendations were offered for practitioners and future researchers.Īnalyze the prevalence and factors associated with internet addiction in a sample of high school adolescents in Acre, a state in northern Brazil.Ī population-based cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,387 adolescents between 14 and 18 years old enrolled in high schools in the city of Rio Branco, Acre. A significant positive relationship was found between smartphone addiction and the number of distractions while reading. As far as the reading habits are concerned, the students who reported poor reading habits or did not read any book during the week, and the ones who expressed a distraction each time reading a book reported higher smartphone addiction levels. The analysis of the results showed that girls were more likely than boys to tend towards smartphone addiction. When reading books, students were found to have quitted the reading practice 2.96 times on average. High school students’ smartphone addiction level was found to be moderate, with 8.81 books being read by students over a year. The study was conducted by using the correlational model of quantitative research methods such as descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test, one-way variance analysis, and Pearson correlation coefficient techniques. High school students were included in the study using the convenience sampling method. The sample consisted of 512 high school students studying in various private schools located in Turkish cities of Istanbul and Edirne. This research aims to examine the relationship between high school students’ reading habits and their smartphone addiction level.
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