Patterns of smartphone use among university students in Jordan
Other Title(s)
أنماط سلوك استخدام الهاتف الذكي بين طلاب الجامعات في الأردن
Joint Authors
Abu Sulayh, Muhammad
Khidr, Yusuf Salih
al-Amarinah, Basil Hamid
al-Yahya, Muhammad S.
al-Adwan, Nayil Talal
Source
The Arab Journal of Psychiatry
Issue
Vol. 30, Issue 1 (31 May. 2019), pp.54-61, 8 p.
Publisher
The Arab Federation of Psychiatrists
Publication Date
2019-05-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Psychology
Information Technology and Computer Science
Topics
- Universities
- Higher education
- Students
- Educational Psychology
- Behaviour
- Jordan
- Twenty-first century
- Smartphones
Abstract EN
ackground: The intimate contact people have with smartphones has a strong impact on behavior and on the physical and psychological well-being of those who use them.
Aim: The current study described smartphone usage patterns and practices among university students in Jordan.
Methods: A random sample of N=1005 students (n=412 men; n=593 women) were recruited to the study.
All participants were registered in the health faculties at the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) for the second semester of the academic year 2016/2017.
N=918 participants (n=541 women, n=377 men; M=19.8, SD=1.6 years) completed a two-part questionnaire.
Part one assessed demographic data; the second surveyed smartphone usage.
Independent t-test and one-way ANOVA were used to test the significance of differences between means.
Results: A total n=547 (59.6%) students reported spending less than five hours on the smartphone daily, n=371 (40.4%) reported spending more than five hours.
About three-quarter of students (70.7%) reported checking their smartphone every 30 minutes or more.
The mean (SD) of daily time spent on smartphones in terms of hours was 5.9 (3.7); these means were found to be statistically different according to gender, age and years of education while having an internet package did not impact the daily time use.
Conclusions: Findings support the view that smartphone usage is increasing among university students in Jordan.
Communicating with family and friends followed by searching for information and checking social media were the most commonly described uses.
The most common situational factor for using smartphones was boredom.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abu Sulayh, Muhammad& Khidr, Yusuf Salih& al-Amarinah, Basil Hamid& al-Yahya, Muhammad S.& al-Adwan, Nayil Talal. 2019. Patterns of smartphone use among university students in Jordan. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry،Vol. 30, no. 1, pp.54-61.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abu Sulayh, Muhammad…[et al.]. Patterns of smartphone use among university students in Jordan. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 30, no. 1 (May. 2019), pp.54-61.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Abu Sulayh, Muhammad& Khidr, Yusuf Salih& al-Amarinah, Basil Hamid& al-Yahya, Muhammad S.& al-Adwan, Nayil Talal. Patterns of smartphone use among university students in Jordan. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry. 2019. Vol. 30, no. 1, pp.54-61.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-883911
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 59-60
Record ID
BIM-883911