Abstract:

The aim of this study was to investigate the smartphone addiction among university students. Totally 490 students with mean age of 20.1±2.1 year attending Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University who volunteered to participate.  “Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Form” used to collect data. SPSS used to analysis. The results of the study found all participants used smartphones and the most common reason for smartphone use was determined as “browsing social networks” (51.9%). Daily smartphone use was most commonly determined as 4-6 hours (36.3%). There was a statistically significant difference found between smartphone use duration and addiction points (p<0.05). Daily smartphone use of 9 hours or more caused statistically significantly high addiction points compared to other daily use durations. Additionally, there was a statistically significant positive correlation between daily smartphone use duration and addiction points (r:0.339 p:0.01). In conclusion,  daily smartphone use of 9 hours or more had highest smartphone addiction points. In light of this data, to prevent symptoms of smartphone addiction among university students, physical and social activities should be planned to reduce the daily smartphone use durations of students and it may be beneficial to encourage students to participate in these activities.

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