Personal Profiles, Family Environment, Patterns of Smartphone Use, Nomophobia, and Smartphone Addiction across Low, Average, and High Perceived Academic Performance Levels among High School Students in the Philippines

Danilo B. Buctot, Nami Kim and Sun-Hee Kim
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Danilo B. Buctot: Department of Addiction Science, Sahmyook University Graduate School, Seoul 01795, Korea
Nami Kim: Department of Addiction Science, Sahmyook University Graduate School, Seoul 01795, Korea
Sun-Hee Kim: Department of Addiction Science, Sahmyook University Graduate School, Seoul 01795, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 10, 1-19

Abstract: (1) Background: Problematic smartphone use in adolescents has become a major concern among parents and educators. This study aimed to determine the factors associated with, and the predictors of, low, average, and high perceived academic performance (PAP). (2) Methods: Descriptive and comparative analyses were employed in this cross-sectional study among 3374 Filipino high school students through an online Google forms survey. (3) Results: We found that age, grade level, father’s education, time spent daily on weekends, frequency of use on weekdays, purpose of use, nomophobia (NMP), and smartphone addiction (SA) were significantly associated with low PAP, while frequency of use on weekends and type of internet access had a significant association with high PAP. Gender was a significant predictor of low, average, and high PAP. Father’s education and SA were also significant predictors for both low and average PAP. (4) Conclusions: This study shows the significant association between personal profiles, family environment, patterns of smartphone use, NMP, and SA contributing to a significant impact on Filipino high school students’ PAP. This suggests that proper guidelines for smartphone use should be provided at home and in school settings to raise awareness of the adverse effects of SA on students’ academic performance.

Keywords: family environment; patterns of smartphone use; nomophobia; smartphone addiction; Filipino high school students; perceived academic performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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