Relationship of smartphone use severity with sleep quality, depression, and anxiety in university students

Bibliographic Data

ID19600155
AuthorsKadir Demirci (0009-0000-4433-5089, Süleyman Demirel University, corresponding author), Mehmet Akgönül (Süleyman Demirel University), Abdullah Akpınar (0000-0003-3684-6879, Süleyman Demirel University), Abdullah Akpinar
Year2015
Volume4
Issue2
Pages85-92
Publication date2015-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Behavioral Addictions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2062-5871 • E-ISSN: 2063-5303
PublisherAkadémiai Kiadó (PUBLISHER • HU)
DOI10.1556/2006.4.2015.010
PMID26132913
PMCIDPMC4500888
OpenAlexW1776190173
LanguageEN
Citations received350
References cited12

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The usage of smartphones has increased rapidly in recent years, and this has brought about addiction. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between smartphone use severity and sleep quality, depression, and anxiety in university students. METHODS: In total, 319 university students (203 females and 116 males; mean age = 20.5 ± 2.45) were included in the study. Participants were divided into the following three groups: a smartphone non-user group (n = 71, 22.3%), a low smartphone use group (n = 121, 37.9%), and a high smartphone use group (n = 127, 39.8%). All participants were evaluated using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory; moreover, participants other than those in the smartphone non-user group were also assessed with the Smartphone Addiction Scale. RESULTS: The findings revealed that the Smartphone Addiction Scale scores of females were significantly higher than those of males. Depression, anxiety, and daytime dysfunction scores were higher in the high smartphone use group than in the low smartphone use group. Positive correlations were found between the Smartphone Addiction Scale scores and depression levels, anxiety levels, and some sleep quality scores. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that depression, anxiety, and sleep quality may be associated with smartphone overuse. Such overuse may lead to depression and/or anxiety, which can in turn result in sleep problems. University students with high depression and anxiety scores should be carefully monitored for smartphone addiction

Addiction · Anxiety · Beck Anxiety Inventory · Beck Depression Inventory · Insomnia · Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index · Psychiatry · Sleep quality · Smartphone addiction · Clinical Psychology · Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies · Psychology

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