Supawadee Chareonwanit and Ekkawit Charoenwanit

DOI: 10.14456/sjst-psu.2020.90

pp. 714 - 720

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the differences in stress and depression levels in students demonstrating behavior of
smartphone addiction and students without smartphone addiction. The sample consisted of 460 university students nationwide in
Thailand. The instruments used in the data collection were a demographic form, SAS-VS-T, SPST-20, and CES-D and the
reliabilities were 0.958, 0.972, and 0.975, respectively. Data were analyzed and the stress and depression levels were compared in
the participants based on independent t-test. According to the findings, it was shown that the males and females with addictive
smartphone behavior spent more money and time on a smartphone than the males and females without addictive smartphone
behavior. Furthermore, the stress and depression scores in the males and females with addictive smartphone behavior were
statistically higher than the other group (t=16.223, P<0.000 vs. t=10.307, P<0.000). 

Keywords

• addictive smartphone behavior
• depression
• stress
• university student