Smartphone Addiction and Fear of Missing out: Does Smartphone Use Matter for Students’ Academic Performance?

Omer OZER

doi:https://doi.org/10.18009/jcer.696481

Article Details

Smartphone Addiction and Fear of Missing out: Does Smartphone Use Matter for Students’ Academic Performance?

Authors:

Omer OZER

Publisher:

Tamer KUTLUCA

Main Topics:

Education

Journal:

Journal of Computer and Education Research 2020 Vol.8 Issue 15, pp.344-355

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000495552

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

2148-2896

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18009/jcer.696481

Abstract:

 

The aim of this study was to determine the associations between smartphone addiction, fear of missing out and academic performance amongst Preparatory Year Programme (PYP) students in Turkey. Data were collected using the Fear of Missing Out scale (FoMOs), the Smartphone Addiction Scale – Short Version (SAS-SV) and the Versant English Test from a sample of Turkish  students enrolled in different undergraduate programmes (n = 139). On the whole, the findings of this study show that there is a significant difference, with consistently higher means in the female group, between the groups’ levels of smartphone addiction. The findings also indicate a negative relationship between the students’ academic performance and their levels of smartphone addiction. The SAS-SV was found to be a significant predictor of academic performance. The classroom implications of these data in terms of teaching and learning processes are discussed.

 


The aim of this study was to determine the associations between smartphone addiction, fear of missing out and academic performance amongst Preparatory Year Programme (PYP) students in Turkey. Data were collected using the Fear of Missing Out scale (FoMOs), the Smartphone Addiction Scale – Short Version (SAS-SV) and the Versant English Test from a sample of Turkish  students enrolled in different undergraduate programmes (n = 139). On the whole, the findings of this study show that there is a significant difference, with consistently higher means in the female group, between the groups’ levels of smartphone addiction. The findings also indicate a negative relationship between the students’ academic performance and their levels of smartphone addiction. The SAS-SV was found to be a significant predictor of academic performance. The classroom implications of these data in terms of teaching and learning processes are discussed.

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Article Details

Smartphone Addiction and Fear of Missing out: Does Smartphone Use Matter for Students’ Academic Performance?

Authors: Omer OZER

Publisher: Tamer KUTLUCA

Main Topics: Education

Journal: Journal of Computer and Education Research 2020 Vol.8 Issue 15, pp.344-355

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 3/2020

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000495552

Frequency: Bi-Annual

eISSN: 2148-2896

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18009/jcer.696481

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Authors:

Omer OZER

Publisher:

Tamer KUTLUCA

Main Topics:

Education

Journal:

Journal of Computer and Education Research 2020 Vol.8 Issue 15, pp.344-355

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000495552

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

2148-2896

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18009/jcer.696481