Smartphone use and smartphone addiction among young people in Switzerland
Haug S, Castro RP, Kwon M, Filler A, Kowatsch T, Schaub MP
Journal of behavioral addictions · 364 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
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Publication
- Published
- 2015-12-01 · J Behav Addict · vol. 4 · issue 4 · pp. 299–307
- Publisher
- Akadémiai Kiadó
- Cited
- 938 citations · more than 100% of similar papers · 110.0× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 29 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY-NC
- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Child Development and Digital Technology · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Keywords
- smartphone addiction, smartphone use, youth, adolescents, predictors of addiction, social networking, physical activity, stress, alcohol consumption, tobacco use, vocational education students
- MeSH
- humans, prevalence, predictive value of tests, adolescent behavior, alcohol drinking, smoking, behavior, addictive, motor activity, brief psychiatric rating scale, psychological tests, students, adolescent, switzerland, female, male, young adult, smartphone
6 authors
From CH, KR, DE
- Severin Haug · correspondingUniversity of Zurich
- Raquel Paz CastroUniversity of Zurich
- Min KwonUniversity of Suwon
- Andreas FillerETH Zurich; University of Bamberg
- Tobias KowatschUniversity of St.Gallen; ETH Zurich
- Michael Patrick SchaubUniversity of Zurich
Abstract
Background and aims
Smartphone addiction, its association with smartphone use, and its predictors have not yet been studied in a European sample. This study investigated indicators of smartphone use, smartphone addiction, and their associations with demographic and health behaviour-related variables in young people.
Methods
A convenience sample of 1,519 students from 127 Swiss vocational school classes participated in a survey assessing demographic and health-related characteristics as well as indicators of smartphone use and addiction. Smartphone addiction was assessed using a short version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale for Adolescents (SAS-SV). Logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate demographic and health-related predictors of smartphone addiction.
Results
Smartphone addiction occurred in 256 (16.9%) of the 1,519 students. Longer duration of smartphone use on a typical day, a shorter time period until first smartphone use in the morning, and reporting that social networking was the most personally relevant smartphone function were associated with smartphone addiction. Smartphone addiction was more prevalent in younger adolescents (15-16 years) compared with young adults (19 years and older), students with both parents born outside Switzerland, persons reporting lower physical activity, and those reporting higher stress. Alcohol and tobacco consumption were unrelated to smartphone addiction.
Discussion
Different indicators of smartphone use are associated with smartphone addiction and subgroups of young people have a higher prevalence of smartphone addiction.
Conclusions
The study provides the first insights into smartphone use, smartphone addiction, and predictors of smartphone addiction in young people from a European country, which should be extended in further studies.
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