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Does the smartphone use affect the determination of daily goals: A nursing students’ example?
Author(s) -
Demiralp Meral,
Öksüz Emine,
Aksu Miray,
Sarikoc Gamze,
Tuzer Hilal,
Mersin Sevinç
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12587
Subject(s) - smartphone addiction , affect (linguistics) , addiction , scale (ratio) , psychology , phone , nursing , applied psychology , medicine , psychiatry , communication , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
Purpose To examine how the risky use of smartphone in nursing students affects their daily goals. Design and Methods A total of 419 nursing students participated in this study. A Descriptive Data Form, Smartphone Addiction Scale‐Short Version, and Daily Goals Scale were used to collect the data. Findings According to our study results; students who are afraid of forgetting or losing their phone have a higher risk of being smartphone addiction. As the risks of students' smartphone addiction increase, their daily goal setting levels decreased. Practice Implications The risky use of smartphone effects negatively daily goals setting. Education and counseling programs that will prevent the risky use of smartphones and the associated risk of addiction should be provided for nursing students.