Influence of Smartphone Use on Emotional, Cognitive and Educational Dimensions in University Students
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Morales Rodríguez, Francisco Manuel; Giménez Lozano, José Miguel; Linares Mingorance, Pablo; Pérez Mármol, José ManuelEditorial
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Addiction Competencies Creativity Emotional intelligence Smartphone
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2020-08-17Referencia bibliográfica
Morales Rodríguez, F. M., Lozano, J. M. G., Linares Mingorance, P., & Pérez-Mármol, J. M. (2020). Influence of Smartphone Use on Emotional, Cognitive and Educational Dimensions in University Students. Sustainability, 12(16), 6646. [doi:10.3390/su12166646]
Resumen
The use of mobile devices is one of the increasingly interactive methodologies widely
promoted within the European Higher Education Area. It is, therefore, necessary to determine the
potential e ects of their excessive use on psychological and educational variables. The aim of the
present study was to assess smartphone addiction and its relationship with emotional, cognitive,
and educational dimensions in university students. Participants comprised 144 university students
aged between 19 and 27 years old and studying psychology and education at the University of
Granada. Various tests were administered to assess variables grouped into the following dimensions:
smartphone addiction (TDM), general intelligence (Wonderlic), emotional intelligence (TMMS-24),
motivation (Mape-3), creativity (CREA test), and attitudes toward competencies. An ex post facto
design was employed. Direct associations were observed between addiction symptoms caused by
smartphone use (withdrawal, tolerance, excessive use, and problems caused by the same) and the
variables of extrinsic motivation (fear and avoidance of the task) and intrinsic motivation (motivation
toward the task). The results also indicated direct relationships between the problems caused
by excessive smartphone use and anxiety and extrinsic motivation toward learning. An inverse
relationship was observed between smartphone addiction and the emotional intelligence dimension
of clarity of feelings. The anxiety provoked by excessive smartphone use was related to the tolerance
generated by such use and to cultural and artistic competencies. The data obtained thus shed
light on the e ect of smartphone use on emotional, cognitive, and educational dimensions in
university settings.