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- Title
Nomophobia as the Predictor of Secondary School Students' Smartphone Addiction.
- Authors
Semerci, Ali
- Abstract
Smartphones provide numerous benefits in many areas of life including education when used appropriately; however, misuse of these tools bring serious negative consequences especially on children and youngsters. The present study aimed to examine secondary school students' nomophobia levels, and investigate the predicting power of nomophobia along with some other demographic factors on smartphone addiction. 463 secondary school students participated in the study on voluntary basis. "Personal Information Form" and "Nomophobia Scale" was employed to collect research data. Descriptive statistics and logistics regression techniques were utilized to analyse the data. Research findings showed that 71% of the students did not consider themselves as smartphone addicts, while 93% of them were found nomophobic at certain levels. Results revealed a moderate significant relationship between nomophobia and smartphone addiction. Followed by gender and school variables, nomophobia was found as the strongest predictor of smartphone addiction.
- Subjects
SECONDARY school students; ADDICTIONS; REGRESSION analysis
- Publication
Bartin University Journal of Faculty of Education, 2019, Vol 8, Issue 3, p947
- ISSN
1308-7177
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14686/buefad.592443