Psychological Behavior Change for Smartphone Addiction among University Students in Tangail, Bangladesh: An Experimental Study

Abstract

Objectives: This study investigated PBC for Smartphone addiction among the students of Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU) and researched whether there are statistically significant distinctions in smartphone addiction among Psychological Behavior Change (PBC) and some other variables with respect to different dimensions. Methods: To enhance a suitable research questionnaire which be composed of with five dimensions questionnaire: excessively use of smartphone (EUS); psychosomatic social dimension (PSD); well being dimension (WD); anxiety with smartphones (AS) and high tech dimension (HTD). A group of 520 university students, with 267 male and 253 female students, at MBSTU students was interviewed. Results: Result showed that 42.87% participants was highly addicted in smartphone and faced PBC problem. In the basis of respective dimensions was found the statistically significant gender distinctions in the addictions of smartphone and most of time prefer in male students. There are significant differences was found by marital status which in prefer in unmarried students and use of the smartphone for greater than or equal to 4 hours in a day, by several hours of casual usage. Highest degree of smartphone addiction were found in Bachelor degree students with compare to Master’s degree students. As like for the monthly earning, statistically significant distinctions in well being conditions were set up the respondents of the lower monthly earning family. Conclusion: PBC problem among University students in MBSTU are at risk of smartphones addiction; PBC phenomenon is significantly associated with negative or bad effects on daily academic life and performance.

Keywords: Psychological behavior change (PBC); Students; Smartphones; Addiction; Dimension; Likert scale.

DOI: 10.7176/JSTR/6-13-08