Does the Dark Side of Personality Traits Explain Compulsive Smartphone Use of Higher Education Students? The Interaction Effect of Dark Side of Personality with Desirability and Feasibility of Smartphone Use

Research on compulsive use of smartphones amongst students largely remains unexplored. The study seeks to investigate the feasibility and desirability motives—instant gratification, mood regulations, convenience, flow and personality—to understand the compulsive use of smartphones. The results of the useful data of 200 respondents following purposive sampling design, provided evidence of instant gratification, mood regulation and convenience motives, which significantly explain flow and compulsive smartphone use. Personality of users also appeared as a significant moderator between flow and compulsive smartphone use. The findings of the study reveal that the personality of smartphone users enhances the propensity to build compulsive smartphone use. Additionally, the findings reveal the double-edged sword impact of flow in forming compulsive smartphone use and allowing smartphone brands to design phones that help phone users to develop self-control over their behaviours related to using smartphones.

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The relationship between personality traits and self-directed learning readiness in higher education students

South African Journal of Higher Education ◽

10.4314/sajhe.v21i2.25632 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

K De Bruin

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Education Students ◽

Self Directed Learning ◽

Learning Readiness ◽

Directed Learning ◽

The Relationship

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An Investigation into Psychological Well-being Levels of Higher Education Students with Respect to Personality Traits and Self-compassion

Educational Sciences Theory & Practice ◽

10.12738/estp.2013.4.1740 ◽

2013 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Halim SARICAOĞLU ◽

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Coşkun ARSLAN

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Well Being ◽

Education Students ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

Self Compassion

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Resilience in higher education: A conceptual model and its empirical analysis

Education Policy Analysis Archives ◽

10.14507/epaa.29.6054 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

pp. 156

Author(s):

Samuel de Oliveira Durso ◽

Luís Eduardo Afonso ◽

Susan Beltman

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Public University ◽

Academic Resilience ◽

Self Control ◽

Personal Health ◽

Education Students ◽

Education Policies ◽

Protective Mechanisms ◽

High Burden ◽

Future Education

This research analyzes how the resilience of higher education students is shaped during the undergraduate program by personal and contextual factors. In this research, the resilient student is one who faces a high burden of stress and/or adversity during their undergraduate course but manages to reach the end of the program satisfied and/or committed to the chosen career. Based on the literature review, we developed the Academic Resilience Model (ARM), which explains the sources of stress and/or adversity, as well as the protective mechanisms and/or factors that affect students throughout the program. We empirically test this model by conducting a phenomenology-based qualitative study at a public university in Brazil. The results of ARM validation indicate that the main sources of stress and/or adversity and protective mechanisms and/or factors come from individual, academic and external systems. Examples of sources of stress/adversity were the low initial motivation for the program, personal health problems, faculty didactic-pedagogical deficiency, difficulties in relationships with peers, and competing professional demands. On the other hand, the main protective mechanisms/factors identified were the capacity of adaptability, self-control, personal organization, good relationships with the faculty, integration with peers, and support of family. The research enabled identification of how resilience helps students to overcome barriers in higher education, generating important results for future education policies.

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PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL FEATURES OF ORGANIZATION OF INDEPENDENT WORK OF NON-LANGUAGE FACULTIES STUDENTS WHILE STUDYING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Іншомовна комунікація: інноваційні та традиційні підходи ◽

10.36074/ikitp.monograph-2021.12 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 256-272

Author(s):

Olena Znanetska

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Foreign Language ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Work Organization ◽

Self Control ◽

University Education ◽

Educational Activity ◽

Educational Work ◽

Basic Principles ◽

Independent Work

The article covers issues related to the organization of independent work of non-language faculties students while learning a foreign language. Independent work of students is one of the most important elements of education and upbringing in higher education, so its proper organization is crucial for the development of independence, creativity and competitiveness as the major leading personality traits of a specialist with a university education. Independent educational work is considered as a type of educational activity, which provides a certain level of student’s independence in all its structural components – from the problem statement to control, self-control and correction. The basic principles of independent work organization and the features of the differentiated approach to the organization of independent work of students while studying a foreign language have been considered.

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Fear of Missing Out Among Adolescents

International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications ◽

10.4018/ijesma.2021100104 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 60-76

Author(s):

Muhammad Ashraf Fauzi ◽

Nur Muneerah Kasim ◽

Norazha Paiman

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Smartphone Addiction ◽

Young Adolescents ◽

Education Students ◽

Fear Of Missing Out ◽

Equation Modelling ◽

Smartphone Use

Smartphone use has changed the landscape of technology. People are more concerned with their smartphone use than being physically attached to their surroundings, which has led to scholars on studies in smartphone addiction. This study aims to understand the link between personality traits of young adolescents and fear of missing out in relation to smartphone addiction. A partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) is applied in testing the proposed hypotheses relationship. A total of 210 respondents consisting of young adolescents, primarily higher education students, participated in the study. It was discovered that among the five personality traits, extraversion and neuroticism were found to be significant on fear of missing out. While fear of missing out has the most significant influence on adolescent smartphone addiction, implications towards theoretical and managerial aspects are discussed and elaborated.

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