Chronotype and Smartphone Use among Japanese Medical Students

Masahiro Toda, Nobuhiro Nishio, Satoko Ezoe and Tatsuya Takeshita
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Masahiro Toda: Department of Public Health, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
Nobuhiro Nishio: Department of Public Health, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
Satoko Ezoe: Shimane University Health Service Center Izumo, Shimane, Japan
Tatsuya Takeshita: Department of Public Health, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning (IJCBPL), 2015, vol. 5, issue 2, 75-80

Abstract: The authors investigated associations between smartphone use and chronotype. To 196 medical university students, they administered a set of self-reporting questionnaires designed to evaluate smartphone use and chronotype. Respondents were categorized into morning types and evening types: for females, the evening types scored higher for smartphone dependence; the authors also found greater duration of Web browsing service, in particular Twitter, in the evening types. No such correlation was found for male respondents. These findings provide evidence that, particularly for females, smartphone use and/or dependence may be related to chronotype.

Date: 2015
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