The Association among Smartphone Usage, Addiction and Sleep Quality in Adolescents

• Main Authors: Yu-En, Ho, 何玉恩
• Other Authors: Der-Hsiang, Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/97681842540095933620

碩士 === 大葉大學 === 教育專業發展研究所 === 103 === The aim of this study was to investigate the differences among smartphone usage, addiction and sleep quality from different backgrounds of adolescents. The correlation among smartphone usage, addiction and sleep quality was also discussed, and the prediction ability among smartphone usage, addiction and sleep quality was analyzed as well. This study was conducted through the questionnaire-survey method. The subjects of this study were 452 senior high school students from central region of Taiwan. “ Smartphone Usage Scale”, “Smartphone Addiction Scale” and “The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index” were adopted. The data was analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis, t-test, ANOVA, canonical correlation analysis, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The results of this study were as follows: (a) There were significant differences in the different background variables of the senior high students concerning smartphone usage, addiction and sleep quality. (b) There was significant correlation among smartphone usage, addiction and sleep quality. (c) Smartphone usage could significantly predict addiction. (d) Smartphone usage, addiction could significantly predict sleep quality. The suggests for adolescents, parents and future research were made according to the results of this study.