EFFECT OF SMARTPHONE ADDICTION AND MENTAL DISTRESS ON UNIVERSITY STUDENT’S ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION

Abstract

Smartphone addiction is becoming progressively predominant in 21st-century life as the world cultivates more digital. The structures of smartphone such as lightness, direct contact to information, and capacity to enable statement make them controlling possessions. Therefore, this study is planned to find out the association between Smartphone Addiction, Academic Procrastination and Mental Health among young adults. Sample of the study were selected through convenient sampling technique and it consisted of 260 students from Bachelors of Science. A total of 130 male and 130 female students from University of Balochistan and Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences with ages ranged from 18-25 years. Measures of the study were a)            Smartphone Addiction Scale – Short Version (SAS-SV, Kwon et al., 2013), b) Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (Dass-21, Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995)    and d) Academic Procrastination Scale (APS, McCloskey, 2011). Findings of the study revealed that smartphone addiction was significantly and positively correlated with mental health issues, indicating that higher levels of smartphone addiction is associated with more mental health problems. There is a significant positive association between smartphone addiction and academic procrastination.