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Problematic smartphone use in nursing students and its relationship With life goals
Gamze Yatmaz1, Gülcem S Razı2, Gülümser Kublay1
1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Turkey.
Purpose:
This descriptive study was conducted to investigate the relationship between problematic smartphone use and the life goals.
Design And Methods:
The study was conducted on 310 nursing students. The data were collected with the "Smartphone Addiction Scale'' and "Life Goals Scale."
Findings:
Increased internal life goals of the students was found to decrease the tendency to be engaged in a virtual relationship while increased external life goals increased the risk of smartphone addiction.
Practice Implications:
Programs to increase awareness should be developed to minimize smartphone addiction and increase internal goals in nursing students, and similar programs should also be conducted for nurses.
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