Smart phone usage, sleep quality and depression in university students

Fadime Kaya, Nihal Bostanci DaÅŸtan and Erkan Durar

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2021, vol. 67, issue 5, 407-414

Abstract: Background: The smart phone contains various mobile applications specifically targeting their contents, such as information, messages, e-mail, education and entertainment towards youths. Problematic and excessive smart phone usage can cause many health problems including anxiety, depression and sleep disorders. Aims: The aim of this study is to analyse the relationship between smart phone usage, sleep quality and depression. Methods: Eight hundred and four students who owned smart phones were given the Information Form, Smart Phone Addiction Scale-Short Version, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The descriptive statistics, independent sample t -test, one-way ANOVA, correlation analysis and multivariate regression analysis were used for analysis data. Results: The mean age of the students in the sample was 20.93 ± 2.44. It comprised female (65.0%) and male (35.0%) students. All of the students used smart phones. The daily smart phone usage duration was 7.85 ± 4.55 hour. According to the multivariate linear regression analysis results, significant relationships were statistically determined in the positive way between the smart phone addiction and PSQI point ( p  

Keywords: Smart phone addiction; sleep; depression; university students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764020960207

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