Abstract
<strong><em>Purpose</em></strong><em>: Since smartphone usage across the world has increased in the recent years, the present study aims to explore smartphone addiction in young college going adults and common factors associated with it. <strong>Method</strong>: 306 female college students volunteered to be part of this study. Demographic information including smartphone usage and sleeping hours per day were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS) was used to evaluate level of addiction to smartphone. <strong>Results and discussion</strong>:<strong> </strong>SAS score of participants<strong> </strong>was 137.64, which shows higher rate of addiction to smartphone. 27.1% of the participants complained of pain and other health related symptoms, 66.3% reported awareness of symptoms occurring due to mobile overuse, 34.6% reported changes in sleeping pattern and 43.5% in sleeping hours. <strong>Conclusion</strong>:<strong> </strong>A higher rate of addiction to smartphone is associated with negative effects on health, social life and might present difficulties to performance in education.</em>
Highlights
Smartphones are mobile phones with advanced features that are used widely for purposes other than the basic needs of communication
Purpose: Since smartphone usage across the world has increased in the recent years, the present study aims to explore smartphone addiction in young college going adults and common factors associated with it
Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS) score of participants was 137.64, which shows higher rate of addiction to smartphone. 27.1% of the participants complained of pain and other health related symptoms, 66.3% reported awareness of symptoms occurring due to mobile overuse, 34.6% reported changes in sleeping pattern and 43.5% in sleeping hours
Summary
Smartphones are mobile phones with advanced features that are used widely for purposes other than the basic needs of communication It has potentially replaced the features provided by computers and laptops including internet browsing, gaming, listening to music and watching videos to name a few and www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/rhs. Vol 3, No 4, 2018 has inevitably become a need rather than a luxury in the life of individuals, becoming ubiquitous This has led to a new kind of health hazard among young population termed as smartphone addiction. A thorough literature search suggested the need for further studies to explore smartphone addiction among young adults and this present study focused on determining the prevalence of smartphone addiction in young adults and exploring the possible effect it has on health and factors associated with it
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