Smartphone addiction and its relationship with social anxiety and loneliness |
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| Authors: | Asli Enez Darcin Samet Kose Cemal Onur Noyan Serdar Nurmedov Onat Yılmaz Nesrin Dilbaz |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkeyaslienez@gmail.com;3. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addictions, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX, USA;4. Department of Psychology, Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey;5. Ac?badem Health Care Group, Istanbul, Turkey;6. Kasimpasha Military Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | Individuals with psychosocial problems such as social phobia or feelings of loneliness might be vulnerable to excessive use of cyber-technological devices, such as smartphones. We aimed to determine the relationship of smartphone addiction with social phobia and loneliness in a sample of university students in Istanbul, Turkey. Three hundred and sixty-seven students who owned smartphones were given the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS), UCLA Loneliness Scale (UCLA-LS), and Brief Social Phobia Scale (BSPS). A significant difference was found in the mean SAS scores (p?β?=?0.313, t?=?5.992, p?β?=?0.130, t?=?2.416, p?
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| Keywords: | Smartphone addiction social phobia loneliness |
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