Smartphone Usage and Psychological Well-being among Malaysian University Students
Smartphone has become indispensable in individual daily life in which excessive used of smartphone might interfere with one’s psychological well-being. Thus, it is crucial to understand how smartphones give impact on the psychological well-being especially among young people. The objective of pre...
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Universal Publishers
2021
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/35486/1/V13N2-15.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/35486/ http://www.gbmrjournal.com/vol13no2.htm |
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| Summary: | Smartphone has become indispensable in individual daily life in which excessive used of
smartphone might interfere with one’s psychological well-being. Thus, it is crucial to
understand how smartphones give impact on the psychological well-being especially among
young people. The objective of present research was to investigate the smartphone usage
among students in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) and its relation with psychological
well-being. The present study was a cross-sectional study and there were 274 undergraduates
from UNIMAS had been recruited, age ranged from 19 to 28 years old, with 28.5% males and
71.5% females. Smartphone usage questionnaire, Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults
(SAQ-A30), Fear of Missing Out Scale (FOMOs), Center for Epidemiologic StudiesDepression Scale (CESD), and Three-Item Loneliness Scale were used in the present study.
The result showed that UNIMAS students spent approximately 8 hours (SD = 4.26) per day,
on Instagram, followed by Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Wechat. Depressive scores were
significantly associated with hours spent on smartphones daily. The result also showed that
texting significantly associated with SAQ while social networking and gaming were
significantly associated with FOMO scores. FOMO was mediating the hours spent on
smartphone and depression scores. When the participants used their smartphone in a day was
also mediated by FOMO contributing to their social anxiety scores. The results have practical
implications for policymaker and advertisement that is more population targeted in promoting
their products or deliver information. |
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