Study on smartphone addiction among the university students: A cross sectional survey-based stud

Abstract

University students almost universally use smartphones. The impact of smartphone addiction on academic performance is rarely studied among university students. In this study, the main objective was to explore the relationship between smartphone addiction and university enrollment. In order to collect the data, randomized sampling technique was used. To collect data a questionnaire was pretested and administered by an interviewer. The respondents' data were organized after collection. A data base was created in the computer using the software package Statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) Version 22.0. Among the 295 respondents, 81.7% of the respondents were addicted to smartphones based on the smartphone addiction scale (SPAS) and there was significant relationship found between genders, marital status and studying class with type of phone use, where p-values were 0.032, 0.028, and 0.043. Students at different universities were found to be addicted to smartphones in this study. Globally, particularly in developing countries such as Bangladesh, it has become an increasing public health issue.