Personality Types as Correlate of Specific Phone Usages and smart Phone Addiction among Students in the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
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2020
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University of Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Past researchers have examined the impact of personality types on technology
usage among students from varying angles. However, due to dearth of
studies on personality types and smart phone addiction among students in
the Nigerian environment, this study investigated the relationship between
personality types, smart phone addiction and specific phone usages among
University students. A sample size of 200 was used for this study using
systematic sampling technique in the selection of respondents in the study
area. Findings revealed that conscientiousness and agreeableness personality
types had significant positive correlation with smart phone addiction; while
extraversion and neuroticism had significant negative correlation with smart
phone addiction. Again personality types had significant positive and negative
correlation with specific phone usages. In addition, findings revealed that
majority of the specific phone usages had positive correlation with smart
phone addiction. Based on the findings of this study, recommendations were
made towards curbing addictive tendencies among university students in the
use of smart phones.
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Personality types, specific phone Usages and Smart Phone Addiction
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personality types, phone usages, smart phone addiction, technology
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Journal of Cyberspace Studies, 4(1), 27-46