Mobile Phone Addiction and Academic Procrastination Negatively Impact Academic Achievement Among Chinese Medical Students

The problem of mobile phone addiction and academic procrastination among medical students has been widely acknowledged. This study aimed to explore the influence of demographic factors on mobile phone addiction, academic procrastination, and academic achievement among medical students. Further, it investigated the association between mobile phone addiction, academic procrastination, and academic achievement. This cross-sectional study was conducted between May and June 2019. A total of 3 511 medical students participated in an online questionnaire survey (effective response rate = 81.7%). Demographic factors, the Scale of Academic Achievement, the short scale of the Mobile Phone Problem Use (MPPUS-10), and the Academic Procrastination Scale–Short (APS-S) were used. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that the average scores for academic procrastination, mobile phone addiction, and academic achievement were 2.66 ± 0.91, 5.13 ± 1.53, and 4.51 ± 0.71, respectively. Moreover, there were significant differences in gender, grade, leadership experience, and family monthly income across mobile phone addiction, academic procrastination, and academic achievement. Mobile phone addiction was negatively associated with learning dedication, learning performance, and relationship facilitation. Academic procrastination was negatively associated with learning dedication, learning performance, relationship facilitation, and objective achievement. Mobile phone addiction and academic procrastination was revealed as prevalent among Chinese medical students, and negatively influences their academic achievement. It is critical to establish a more efficient learning environment for Chinese medical students to minimize the negative impact of mobile phone addiction and academic procrastination.

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Mobile Phone Addiction Mediates the Relationship Between Alexithymia and Learning Burnout in Chinese Medical Students: A Structural Equation Model Analysis

Psychology Research and Behavior Management ◽

10.2147/prbm.s304635 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol Volume 14 ◽

pp. 455-465

Author(s):

Chang-hong Zhang ◽

Ge Li ◽

Zhao-ya Fan ◽

Xiao-jun Tang ◽

Fan Zhang

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Structural Equation Model ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Model Analysis ◽

Equation Model ◽

Mobile Phone Addiction ◽

Chinese Medical Students ◽

The Relationship

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Whatsapp addiction: assessing pattern of Whatsapp usage and its impact on medical students at U.P.U.M.S., Saifai, Etawah, India

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20192312 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (6) ◽

pp. 2505

Author(s):

Nishant Singh ◽

Naresh Pal Singh ◽

Pradip Kharya ◽

Sushil Shukla ◽

Vaibhav Singh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Medical Students ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Medical Science ◽

Uttar Pradesh ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Usage Pattern ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Mobile Phone Addiction ◽

Structured Questionnaire

Background: Mobile phone addiction is the compulsive use of a mobile phone by youth across the world. A new kind of health disorder in this category among smartphone users is “Whatsapp addiction”. Medical students are also affected by this high smartphone engagement.Methods: It was a cross sectional study, which was conducted among M.B.B.S. students of Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Science, Saifai, Etawah, India. All the M.B.S.S. students willing to participate and present at the time of the study included. The data was collected by using pre designed semi-structured questionnaire. Proforma included socio demographic profile, usage pattern and its impact.Results: This study revealed that most of the participants are males (60.75%). Approximately 54% participants felt that their concentration has been reduced due to Whatsapp use, 43.6% participants experienced strain/diminution of vision and 38.4% participants perceived that their physical activity has been reduced due to Whatsapp use.Conclusions: Whatsapp overuse affects the study duration, concentration, physical activity and sleep.

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Impact of Short Term Mobile Phone Abstinence on Undergraduate Medical Students: A Qualitative Study

10.37871/jbres1158 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (7) ◽

pp. 299-302

Author(s):

Venugopal V ◽

Poonguzhali S ◽

Sadhana S ◽

Venkateswaran ST ◽

Maheshkumar K

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Social Deprivation ◽

Comparison Method ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Short Term ◽

Mobile Phone Addiction ◽

Unique Experience ◽

Structured Questionnaire

Background: The purpose of the current study is to investigate the perceptions of completely abstaining oneself from using a smartphone for one whole day among medical students. This study is a unique initiative and it was experimented on a particular group of adolescent college students to completely abstain from using mobile phones for one whole day, and that specific day was coined as ‘No Mobile Day’. Methods: A total of 119 residential medical students participated in the study and they were instructed to abstain from any type of mobile phone or gadget usage for a period of 24 hours and they surrendered their mobile phones. A semi-structured questionnaire with open and close-ended questions was provided to the students at the end of the 24 hour period and the aims of the questionnaire are explained clearly to the respondents. Results: In total, 12 invalid responses were deleted, leaving 107 valid responses for analysis. The qualitative data analysis is performed using a constant comparison method. Results obtained from the current findings indicate the presence of mobile phone addiction in this particular group to some extent. However, majority of the students enjoyed this unique experience of not using mobile phones and embraced the concept of “No Mobile Day’. Conclusion: Given the alarming increase in depression among adolescents and the number of psychosocial treatments being administered to young people, conducting such events would be a great boost to slowly overcome social anxiety and social deprivation.

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Prevalence of Academic Procrastination Among Medical Students and Its Relationship with Their Academic Achievement

Shiraz E-Medical Journal ◽

10.5812/semj.96049 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (7) ◽

Author(s):

Ali Asghar Hayat ◽

Moein Jahanian ◽

Leila Bazrafcan ◽

Nasrin Shokrpour

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Medical Students ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Male Students ◽

Academic Procrastination ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Significant Negative Relationship

Background: Procrastination is prevalent among university students and it affects different aspects of their personal and academic life. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of academic procrastination among medical students and its relationship with their academic achievement. Methods: This is a cross-sectional correlational study of 317 medical students at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. To collect the data, we used Solomon and Rothblum academic procrastination questionnaire (1984). The questionnaire’s validity and reliability were confirmed by experts. We used descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient, Independent t-test, and one-way analysis of variance) to analyze the data by SPSS version 14. Results: The results showed that 29.25% of the students had academic procrastination (nearly always or always). Moreover, 47.9% of the students stated that academic procrastination at a moderate level had caused a lot of problems for them. There was a significant negative relationship between academic procrastination and academic achievement in medical students (P < 0.01). Male students and those living in the dormitory had higher levels of procrastination than females and those living at home (P < 0.01). Conclusions: The findings of the present study revealed that a considerable number of students had high levels of procrastination, leading to permanent problems and reduced academic achievement.

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Learning Styles Activity level and Medical Students’ Learning Performance

Journal of Asian Multicultural Research for Educational Study ◽

10.47616/jamres.v1i1.11 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 14-20

Author(s):

Deeba Qudsia

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Medical Students ◽

Learning Styles ◽

Activity Level ◽

Learning Performance ◽

Chi Square ◽

Level Of Activity ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Campus Activities ◽

Relationship Of

The activity level relationship of learning styles and the level of activity relationships intra-campus activities to the achievement of the medical students. The design used in this study is analytical category using cross sectional approach. Data were analyzed using Chi-Square test. The results of the analysis with chi-square test found a correlation between the activity level relationship of study style to academic achievement of students (ρ-value=0.891) and found a correlation between the activity of intra-campus activities to academic achievement of students (ρ value = 0.021). There is a relationship between the level of activity of intra-campus activities to academic achievement of students.

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