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Prevalence of smartphone addiction and its correlates in a sample of Egyptian university students

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  • Tarek Okasha
  • Ahmed Saad
  • Islam Ibrahim
  • Mahmoud Elhabiby
  • Sherien Khalil
  • Mahmoud Morsy

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Background: Smartphone addiction is considered currently as a public health concern especially among university students. Aim: The study assesses the prevalence of smartphone addiction and its sociodemographic and psychiatric correlates among Egyptian university students. Methods: A random sample of 1,380 undergraduate Egyptian university students from different universities were assessed using the smartphone addiction short scale, Beck depression Inventory, Beck anxiety Inventory, Pittsburgh sleep Quality Index, and Columbia suicide severity scale. Results: About 59% are smartphone addicts without any gender difference, we find a highly significant relation between smartphone addiction and depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance, smoking, and suicide. Conclusion: our study adds to the existing literature regarding the magnitude of smartphone addiction and its relationship with different psychiatric disorders.

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  • Tarek Okasha & Ahmed Saad & Islam Ibrahim & Mahmoud Elhabiby & Sherien Khalil & Mahmoud Morsy, 2022. "Prevalence of smartphone addiction and its correlates in a sample of Egyptian university students," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 68(8), pages 1580-1588, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:68:y:2022:i:8:p:1580-1588
    DOI: 10.1177/00207640211042917
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