Smartphone Addiction and Fear of Missing out: Does Smartphone Use Matter for Students’ Academic Performance?

Authors : Omer OZER

Pages : 344-355

Doi:10.18009/jcer.696481

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Publication Date : 2020-03-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study was to determine the associations between smartphone addiction, fear of missing out and academic performance amongst Preparatory Year Programme insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PYP); students in Turkey. Data were collected using the Fear of Missing Out scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FoMOs);, the Smartphone Addiction Scale – Short Version insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SAS-SV); and the Versant English Test from a sample of Turkish students enrolled in different undergraduate programmes insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n = 139);. On the whole, the findings of this study show that there is a significant difference, with consistently higher means in the female group, between the groups’ levels of smartphone addiction. The findings also indicate a negative relationship between the students’ academic performance and their levels of smartphone addiction. The SAS-SV was found to be a significant predictor of academic performance. The classroom implications of these data in terms of teaching and learning processes are discussed.
Keywords : Academic performance, foreign language learning, smartphone addiction, university students, fear of missing out