NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Ruiz-Palmero, Julio; Sánchez-Rivas, Enrique; Gómez-García, Melchor; Sánchez Vega, Elena – Education Sciences, 2019
Smartphones are indeed becoming an essential tool in the daily lives and relations of their users in recent years, thanks to their uses and potential. However, excessive and inappropriate use can lead to dependence syndromes. The objectives of our study were to ascertain how these devices are being used and whether students are at risk of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Handheld Devices, Gender Differences
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Mrazek, Alissa J.; Mrazek, Michael D.; Ortega, Joshua R.; Ji, Rosie R.; Karimi, Sana S.; Brown, Chelsea S.; Alexander, Chelsie A.; Khan, Maliha; Panahi, Rhozhen; Sadoff, Madeline; Scott, Ashley; Tyszka, JimiRose E.; Schooler, Jonathan W. – Education Sciences, 2021
Although research suggests that phone usage during academic activities is problematic for learning and performance, little is known about high school students' digital multitasking during homework. This exploratory descriptive study surveyed 135 students from four public U.S. high schools to investigate teenagers' attitudes towards digital…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Homework, Adolescents
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Konan, Necedet; Durmus, Emine; Türkoglu, Duygu; Bakir, Asli Agiroglu – Education Sciences, 2018
The main purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between prospective teachers' smartphone addiction and interaction anxiety. For this purpose, quantitative research was carried out within the relational screening model. The population of the research was composed of senior students and pedagogical formation students from Inonu…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior, Interaction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Tomczyk, Lukasz; Szyszka, Michal; Stošic, Lazar – Education Sciences, 2020
Problematic Internet Use (PIU) has of late come to the major attention of researchers of risky behaviours. For parents and teachers in turn, the various pathological forms of Internet use have become more and more noticeable. In recent years, the operationalisation of the term PIU has also been discussed and attempts to measure its various…
Descriptors: Internet, Risk, Behavior Problems, Pathology