A Cross-Sectional Survey on Smartphone Usage Pattern, the Level of Mobile Phone Dependence and Psychosocial Effects among Undergraduate Students in a Malaysian University
A Cross-Sectional Survey on Smartphone Usage Pattern, the Level of Mobile Phone Dependence and Psychosocial Effects among Undergraduate Students in a Malaysian University
ABSTRACT ObjectiveProblematic smartphone use (PSU) is the development of pathological dependence at the expense of performing activities of daily living, thus having a negative health and psychosocial impact on the users. Previous PSU studies focused on medical students and little is known regarding its effect on students undergoing other fields of study. The objective of this study is to identify the pattern of smartphone usage and determine the psychosocial factors affecting PSU among undergraduate students in Malaysia and compare the pattern among different fields of study. MethodA prospective cross-sectional study was conducted using validated Smartphone Addiction Scale–Malay version (SAS-M) questionnaire. One-way ANOVA was used to determine the correlation between the patterns of smartphone usage among the students categorised by their ethnic groups, hand dominance and by their field of study. MLR analysis was applied to predict PSU based on socio-demographic data, smartphone usage patterns, psychosocial factors and field of study. ResultsA total of 1060 students completed the questionnaire. The majority of students had PSU (60.7%). Students used smartphones predominantly to access SNAs, namely Instagram. Longer duration on the smartphone per day (≥ 9 hours), age at first using a smartphone and depression carried higher risk of developing PSU, whereas the field of study (science vs. arts based) did not contribute to an increased risk of developing PSU. ConclusionFindings from this study can help better inform university administrators about at-risk groups of undergraduate students who may benefit from targeted intervention designed to reduce their addictive behavior patterns.
Mustafa Salasiah、Mooi Ching Siew、Nasser Nisha Syed、Rashid Aida Abdul、Ahmad Umar、Ibrahim Buhari、Ling Loh Jia、Kee Hoo Fan、Sharifat Hamed、Suppiah Subapriya
Centre for Diagnostic Nuclear Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra MalaysiaDepartment of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra MalaysiaCentre for Diagnostic Nuclear Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia||Department of Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra MalaysiaDepartment of Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra MalaysiaMedical Genetics Laboratory (MGL), Genetics and Regenerative Medicine Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia||Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Bauchi State UniversityCentre for Diagnostic Nuclear Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia||Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Health Sciences, Bauchi State UniversityCentre for Diagnostic Nuclear Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra MalaysiaNeurology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra MalaysiaCentre for Diagnostic Nuclear Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra MalaysiaCentre for Diagnostic Nuclear Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia||Department of Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
教育科学、科学研究信息传播、知识传播
Smartphone Addiction Scaleeducationsocial networkingMalaysia
Mustafa Salasiah,Mooi Ching Siew,Nasser Nisha Syed,Rashid Aida Abdul,Ahmad Umar,Ibrahim Buhari,Ling Loh Jia,Kee Hoo Fan,Sharifat Hamed,Suppiah Subapriya.A Cross-Sectional Survey on Smartphone Usage Pattern, the Level of Mobile Phone Dependence and Psychosocial Effects among Undergraduate Students in a Malaysian University[EB/OL].(2025-03-28)[2025-06-08].https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.06.20016592.点此复制
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