Smartphone Addiction as Predictor of Sleep Quality and Happiness among Undergraduate Students

Authors

  • Arwa Rizvi MS, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Kinnaird College for women Lahore, Pakistan
  • Imran Khan PhD Scholar, Department of Applied Psychology, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan.
  • Dr. Arif Nadeem Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35484/ahss.2024(5-III)66

Keywords:

Happiness, Sleep Quality, Smartphone Addiction, University Students

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between smartphone addiction, sleep quality and happiness among the university students of the Lahore, Pakistan. The excessive use of smartphone is problematic and disturbing the sleep quality of the students (Demirci et al.,2015). The sample was taken from (N=350) university students with the aged from 19 to 24 year consisting of 106 males and 244 females (Mage=20.45; SD= 1.38). Convienient sampling strategy was implemented for data collection. Smartphone Addiction Scale (Kwon et al.,2013), Sleep Quality Scale (Yi et al., 2006), and Oxford Happiness Scale (Hills & Argyle, 2002) were used for the data collection. The Pearson product-moment correlation and regression analysis revealed a significant positive relationship between smartphone addiction and poor sleep quality and is significant predictor of sleep quality as well as non-significant relationship between smartphone addiction and happiness.

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2024-09-12

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Rizvi, A., Khan, I., & Nadeem, A. (2024). Smartphone Addiction as Predictor of Sleep Quality and Happiness among Undergraduate Students . Annals of Human and Social Sciences, 5(3), 741–749. https://doi.org/10.35484/ahss.2024(5-III)66

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Vol. 5 No. 3 (2024): July to September

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