إدمان الموبايل و علاقته بمستوى انتباه سائقي المركبات و حركة المرور و السير لدى عينة من طالب و طالبات جامعة الكويت

Abstract EN

This study aimed to identify the relationship between mobile addiction - as a means of communication - with the level of the attention of drivers to other vehicles and pedestrians in a sample of students of Kuwait University.

The sample of the current study consisted of 880 students of Kuwait University students, of which 440 students are addicted to mobile phones.

Another 440 students who are not addicted to the mobile were characterized as "low use".

The age ranges from 18-24 years.

The researcher used: the mobile addiction, attention scale.

The most significant results were: a statistically significant difference between the average of university students with high use and low use of mobiles in the scales of attention and driving of vehicles and traffic for the benefit of students with high use of mobile (p < 0.01).

Also, there was a negative relationship (p < 0.01) between the grades of students and high-level mobile use and their grades on the scales: attention and driving vehicles and traffic.