Measuring Smartphone Addiction and its Relationship with Stress Amongst Gen-Z Users
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2023-04-10
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Lisman, Shane
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Ormiston, Russell A.
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Nonnenmacher, Tomas W.
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Many have argued that smartphones are becoming more pervasive devices that affect people’s overall well-being. I develop an approach to measure smartphone addiction (SPA). Using the smartphone usage data and the globally accepted perceived stress scale (PSS), I measure the relationship between stress and SPA in Generation-Z (Gen-Z) users. A survey including questions on the participants smartphone usage data, addiction symptoms and stress levels was distributed to 47 Allegheny College students. Tools used include a word association test, the PSS, and my new 3-pronged approach to identifying SPA. In this study, I argue that smartphones are past the point of pervasiveness, they are addictive and are related to higher stress levels. Results showed a 20% correlation between SPA and number of minutes on the phone, 19% correlation between SPA and number of phone pickups, and a 34% correlation between number of minutes on the phone and number of pickups. Results revealed that 44.7% of the sample has SPA. Evidence shows there is a significant relationship between SPA and perceived stress levels.
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