Abstract
The development of telecom technology has a profound impact on the lives and activities of the people of the world. Smartphone usage became popular to young generation because of its educational and entertaining options by using the numerous apps. Among the young people, students are increasingly using Smartphone. But excessive Smartphone usage usually makes the students addicted to that subconsciously impacts on user’s academic performance, daily activities, physical and mental health and withdrawal tendency, and social relationships. This study aims at identifying the factors that affect the level of Smartphone addiction of the students and its impact on their academic performance. A structured questionnaire has been developed to gather data from the students. A total of 247 questionnaires were collected from the business students of a university of Bangladesh. Using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) the data were analyzed. Results revealed five Smartphone addiction factors such as, positive anticipation, impatience and tolerance, withdrawal, daily-life disturbance, and cyber friendship. Tolerance and daily-life disturbance have significant impact on students’ academic performance. This study suggests that the students should minimize the usage of Smartphone for achieving good academic performance.
Highlights
Smartphone has become one the important devices used to simplify human lives and their activities
The factor analysis technique has been applied to identify the factors that affect the smartphone addiction of the business students in Bangladesh
A multivariate analysis technique like Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), by using ‘SmartPLS’, has been used to identify the significant smartphone addiction factors from the factors identified through factor analysis
Summary
Smartphone has become one the important devices used to simplify human lives and their activities. More than 6.00 million new users are added to existing smartphone users (ERICSSON MOBILITY REPORT, 2015). Smartphone combines both computer and mobile phone features into one device having web browsers that can be connected through mobile internet, and WiFi internet network. It is a source of education and entertainment through the usage of numerous applications. Researcher argued differently on applications of addiction concept. Some researcher emphasized on the application of addiction concept in chemical substances, such as alcohol or drug (BRATTER; FORREST, 1985; WALKER, 1989; RACHLIN, 1990). The psychological demand is explained by the habitual behavior represented an addicted person
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