Predictors of smartphone addiction and its effect on quality of life: a cross-sectional study among the young adults in Bangladesh
The enigma of smartphone addiction (SA) has plagued academics for the last decade, now scholars believed this behaviour might affect physical and mental wellbeing. SA has become a complex problem, yet to date, there is limited research investigating the predictors of SA and its effect on “health-rel...
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| author | Zubair Ahmed Ratan Anne-Maree Parrish Mohammad Saud Alotaibi Hassan Hosseinzadeh |
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| description | The enigma of smartphone addiction (SA) has plagued academics for the last decade, now scholars believed this behaviour might affect physical and mental wellbeing. SA has become a complex problem, yet to date, there is limited research investigating the predictors of SA and its effect on “health-related quality of life (HRQoL)”. This study aimed to address this gap. The data was gathered from a convenience sample of 440 young adults completed between July 2021 and February 2022 through online survey in Bangladesh. On Logistic regression, after controlling for socio-demographic variables; friend support, process, social and compulsive usage were determined as significant predictors of SA. Those who were smartphone addicted were more presumably to have a lower quality of life. This study has significant implications for designing prevention pro-grams and policy development in relation to predictors of SA and its effect on HRQoL. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dceb1c15654d48b883306a2bd42859ae2025-02-12T07:27:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Digital Health2673-253X2025-02-01710.3389/fdgth.2025.13519551351955Predictors of smartphone addiction and its effect on quality of life: a cross-sectional study among the young adults in BangladeshZubair Ahmed Ratan0Anne-Maree Parrish1Mohammad Saud Alotaibi2Hassan Hosseinzadeh3Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, AustraliaFaculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, AustraliaDepartment of Social Work, College of Social Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi ArabiaFaculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, AustraliaThe enigma of smartphone addiction (SA) has plagued academics for the last decade, now scholars believed this behaviour might affect physical and mental wellbeing. SA has become a complex problem, yet to date, there is limited research investigating the predictors of SA and its effect on “health-related quality of life (HRQoL)”. This study aimed to address this gap. The data was gathered from a convenience sample of 440 young adults completed between July 2021 and February 2022 through online survey in Bangladesh. On Logistic regression, after controlling for socio-demographic variables; friend support, process, social and compulsive usage were determined as significant predictors of SA. Those who were smartphone addicted were more presumably to have a lower quality of life. This study has significant implications for designing prevention pro-grams and policy development in relation to predictors of SA and its effect on HRQoL.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1351955/fullsmartphone addictionpredictorsquality of lifeBangladeshcompulsive usage |
| spellingShingle | Zubair Ahmed Ratan Anne-Maree Parrish Mohammad Saud Alotaibi Hassan Hosseinzadeh Predictors of smartphone addiction and its effect on quality of life: a cross-sectional study among the young adults in Bangladesh Frontiers in Digital Health smartphone addiction predictors quality of life Bangladesh compulsive usage |
| title | Predictors of smartphone addiction and its effect on quality of life: a cross-sectional study among the young adults in Bangladesh |
| title_full | Predictors of smartphone addiction and its effect on quality of life: a cross-sectional study among the young adults in Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Predictors of smartphone addiction and its effect on quality of life: a cross-sectional study among the young adults in Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predictors of smartphone addiction and its effect on quality of life: a cross-sectional study among the young adults in Bangladesh |
| title_short | Predictors of smartphone addiction and its effect on quality of life: a cross-sectional study among the young adults in Bangladesh |
| title_sort | predictors of smartphone addiction and its effect on quality of life a cross sectional study among the young adults in bangladesh |
| topic | smartphone addiction predictors quality of life Bangladesh compulsive usage |
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