| Autor: |
Uchenna C. Onuoha, Bukola Victoria Bada |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science. 27:1-11 |
| ISSN: |
2456-981X |
| DOI: |
10.9734/jesbs/2018/31442 |
| Popis: |
The study examined the relative contributions of psychological attributes (loneliness, extraversion and self-esteem) and gender to smartphone addiction. The study was a survey that utilized a cross-sectional design that purposively sampled 271 in-school smartphone users. The sample was made up of 165 male and 106 female undergraduates selected from three public tertiary institutions in southwest Nigeria. Data were collected with a questionnaire that contained standardized scales that measured the study variables. These were revalidated to ascertain their suitability for use in the present study and all yielded acceptable alpha coefficients: loneliness (α = .88), extraversion (α = .61), self-esteem (α = .80), and Test of mobile-phone dependence use (α = .94). Also examined in the study was the influence of gender on smartphone addiction. Result indicated significant positive relationships among loneliness (r = .29; P .05). Personality profile of smartphone addicts should form a cardinal ingredient of treatment and management protocols of the condition. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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