Relationship between Problematic Smartphone Use and Social Anxiety Among University Students: A Case of United States International University- Africa

dc.contributor.authorOng’are, George
dc.contributor.authorNyagwencha, Stella Kemuma
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-23T07:49:28Z
dc.date.available2024-09-23T07:49:28Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionJournal Article
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between problematic smartphone use and social anxiety among United States International University-Africa students, Kenya. A total of 106 students were selected via convenience sampling comprising of 68.9% females (N = 73) and 31.1% males (N = 33). The average age of the entire respondents was 28 + (SD: 0.59). The theoretical framework was based on Self-determination theory and descriptive correlational design was the research methodological design. To measure problematic smartphone use (PSU), smartphone addiction scale-short version (SAS-SV) was adopted whilst social anxiety scale (SIAS) was used to measure social anxiety. Result of the study indicated that 58.5% of the university students had moderate levels of PSU, 30.2% had low PSU, 9.4 % high PSU and only 1.9% indicated no presence of PSU. For social anxiety, 17% had high symptoms of social anxiety, 6.6% moderate, and 76.4% low symptoms of social anxiety. Pearson correlation test was used to determine the relationship between the variables and the findings revealed that there was a statistically significant positive correlation (r = 0.222, P = 0.02) between problematic smartphone use and social anxiety among students. This study concludes that there was a relationship between problematic smartphone use and social anxiety among university students. Findings therefore highlighted the need for early intervention to reduce problematic smartphone use and social anxiety among university students
dc.identifier.citationOng’are, G., & Nyagwencha, S. K. (2022). Relationship between Problematic Smartphone Use and Social Anxiety Among University Students: A Case of United States International University- Africa. African Journal of Clinical Psychology
dc.identifier.issn978-9966-936-05-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5190
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAfrican Journal of Clinical Psychology
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 05, Issue 01
dc.subjectProblematic smartphone use
dc.subjectsocial anxiety
dc.subjectgender difference
dc.subjectuniversity students
dc.subjectpositive relationship
dc.subjectsmartphone addiction
dc.subjectmobile phone use
dc.subjectcell phone
dc.titleRelationship between Problematic Smartphone Use and Social Anxiety Among University Students: A Case of United States International University- Africa
dc.typeArticle

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