The Relationship between Smartphone Addiction and Perceived Social Support of University Students’

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between university students' social support perceptions and smartphone addiction. For this purpose, a quantitative research was carried out. İnönü University students in Turkey are the population of the research and 496 senior students from these students constitute the sample. The data for the study were obtained through the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and The Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV). In the data analysis, descriptive statistics, t test and Pearson Moments Correlation coefficients were used. As a result of the research, it was found that university students' scores on social support perceptions were close to high level of social support; it was determined that the level of perceived social support of female university students was statistically higher than male university students. Also, university students' smartphone addiction scores are below the average; the smartphone addiction levels of university students do not differ significantly according to gender. Finally, it was found that there was a statistically low, negative and significant relationship between university students' social support perceptions and smartphone addictions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]