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- Title
Impact of Smartphone Use on Cognitive Functioning: Role of Attachment.
- Authors
DAĞ, Sümeyra; DOKUZ, Gonca
- Abstract
Introduction: Attachment styles were developed by psychologist John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth and are shaped by the way children interact with their parents. According to John Bowlby, attachment has a great influence on a child's later development and helps them develop without fear. Bartholomew and Horowitz divided attachment into secure and insecure sub-styles. Our hypothesis was that the duration of smartphone use is higher in individuals with insecure attachment (IA) and that this relationship is mediated by an attention deficit. Method: The intended target group for this study was university students. This study was assessed using a questionnaire that subjects could complete online. With a correlation coefficient of 0.20 between the scales, a minimum of 82 subjects were required for the study with 80% power at 95% confidence level. Results: This questionnaire made it possible to ask about daily smartphone use, the secure attachment (SA) and IA of the individuals. The individuals were divided into two groups, and the self-assessment of the frequency of everyday mistakes encountered in the areas of perception, memory, and action regulation was evaluated. As smartphone addiction scale scores increase, cognitive failures scale (CFS) score also increase. Resistant attachment and CFS averages of smokers were significantly higher than those of non-smokers (p=0.008; p=0.028). No significant difference was observed between smokers and non-smokers in terms of SA, avoidant attachment, and smartphone averages (p<0.05). No statistically significant relationship was observed between CFS and SA (p=0.157). The mean CFS of alcohol users was significantly higher than that of non-users (p=0.026) Conclusion: An individual's excessive smartphone use is not related to an individual's SA or IA.
- Subjects
COGNITIVE ability; SMARTPHONES; ATTACHMENT behavior; NON-smokers; SELF-evaluation
- Publication
Bezmialem Science, 2024, Vol 13, pS30
- ISSN
2148-2373
- Publication type
Abstract