Akbarzadeh M M, Imani S, Dabirvaziri P. (2025). Comparison of Smartphone addiction and Self-control in students with and without Depressive – Anxiety Symptoms.
Rooyesh.
14(2), 15-24.
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1- Master Student, Department Of Clinical Psychology, Faculty Of Education And Psychology, University Of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran.
2- Assistant Professor, Department of Consulting, Faculty Of Education And Psychology, University Of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran. , S_imani@sbu.ac.ir
3- Doctor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical School, Tehran, Iran. Master of Health Sciences, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Abstract: (86 Views)
The present study was conducted to compare the level of smartphone addiction and self-control in students with and without Depressive Anxiety Symptoms. The type of descriptive research and its method were causal-comparative. The research community was formed by all the students of the universities of Tehran in the academic year 1402-1403, of which 260 people (130 people in the group suffering from Depressive – Anxiety Symptoms and 130 people without suffering from Depressive – Anxiety Symptoms) were selected by convenience sampling. The tools of this research included the Beck Anxiety and depression questionnaire (BAI, BDI), the Smartphone Addiction Questionnaire (SAS), and the self-control questionnaire - short form (BSCS). The analysis method of this research was the multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). The research findings showed that there was a significant difference between the amount of smartphone addiction and self-control in students with and without Depressive Anxiety Symptoms (P<0.05). The average scores of the group of students suffering from Depressive – Anxiety Symptoms in the level of smartphone addiction and its subscales were higher than the group of students without Depressive – Anxiety Symptoms (P<0.05). Also, the average scores of the group of students suffering from Depressive – Anxiety Symptoms in self-control were lower than the group of students without Depressive – Anxiety Symptoms (P<0.05). These results emphasize the importance of paying attention to psychological problems in explaining the behaviors related to the use of smartphones.
Type of Article:
Research |
Subject:
Clinical Psychology Received: 2024/09/20 | Accepted: 2024/10/1 | ePublished: 2025/04/30