The Relationship between Smartphone Addiction and Psychological Well-Being in Early Adulthood

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between smartphone addiction and psychological well-being in early adulthood. The theory used in this research is the smartphone addiction theory by Kwon et.al. (2013) and psychological well-being by Ryff (1995). This research was conducted quantitatively and there were 91 respondents (66 female and 25 male) aged 18-25 years who were obtained using snowball sampling techniques. In this study, the Smartphone Addiction Scale Short-Version, Psychological Well-Being Scale, and Individual information forms were utilized to retrieve data. The data were processed using descriptive analysis techniques, One-Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test, Pearson Correlations, and One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The results of data processing shows that there is no significant relationship between smartphone addiction and psychological well-being in early adulthood.