| Autor: |
Rathakrishnan B; Faculty of Psychology and Education, University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu 88400, Malaysia., Bikar Singh SS; Faculty of Psychology and Education, University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu 88400, Malaysia., Kamaluddin MR; Centre for Research in Psychology and Human Well-Being, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia., Yahaya A; Faculty of Psychology and Education, University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu 88400, Malaysia., Mohd Nasir MA; School of Applied Psychology, Social Work & Policy, UUM College of Arts & Sciences, University Utara Malaysia, Sintok 06010, Malaysia., Ibrahim F; Centre for Research in Psychology and Human Well-Being, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia., Ab Rahman Z; Research Centre for Theology and Philosophy, Faculty of Islamic Studies, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia. |
| Abstrakt: |
This study was conducted to examine the relationship between smartphone addiction, sleep quality, and academic performance. The study presented quantitative research on 323 students in a public university in Sabah to explore the relationship between smartphone addiction, sleep quality, and academic performance. A simple random sampling was used in the study. The Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Version (SAS-SV) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used in this study. SPSS was used as a tool of analysis for descriptive and inferential analysis. Pearson correlation was involved to test the hypothesis of the study. The result indicated that the greater the smartphone addiction, the lower the academic performance of university students. The finding also proved that students with poor sleep quality might exhibit low academic performance. Smartphone addiction was found to be associated with sleep quality where overusing smartphones was related to poor sleep quality in university students. On this basis, the problem of smartphone addiction and sleep quality should be tackled in order to improve the academic performance of university students and their overall health. |
