Study on psycho-social predictors of smartphone addiction among adult females

Ayush Sharma; Jotika Judge

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS2.6619

Authors

Ayush Sharma Post-Graduate Student, Department of Psychology, Lovely Professional University
Jotika Judge Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Lovely Professional University

Keywords:

leisure boredom, life satisfaction, smartphone addiction, social support, good health, well-being

Abstract

This study was conducted to examine the psychosocial predictors of smartphone addiction. Social Support, Leisure Boredom and Life Satisfaction were the predictor variables. For this purpose, a sample of 100 participants was taken. It consisted of adult female population between 45 to 60 years of age from the Punjab state. Data was collected through standardized questionnaires namely Life satisfaction scale (Diener et al., 1985), Leisure Boredom Scale (Aloha &Weissinger, 1990), Interpersonal support evaluation list (Cohen et al., 1985) and mobile addiction scale (Kwon et al., 2013). Results revealed that there exists negative relationship between social support and smartphone addiction and leisure boredom is positively correlated with mobile addiction. Furthermore, social support and leisure boredom came out to be significant predictors of smartphone addiction, social support being the stronger predictor out of the two. Results are discussed as per implications.

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