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MOBILE PHONE ADDICTION, ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION AND ANXIETY IN UNIVERSITY STUDNETS
(KINNAIRD COLLEGE PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, 0023-06-12) NOOR FATIMA
This study examined the relationship of mobile phone addiction, academic procrastination and anxiety among university students. A purposive sample of 300 university students (m= 112, f= 188) aged between 18-26 years (M= 21.20, SD= 1.97) from different educational institutions were included. Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV), Academic Procrastination Scale (APS; McCloskey, 2011), Anxiety Subscale of Depression Anxiety Stress Scale and demographic form were administered. Correlational research design was used. Data was analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation and Linear Regression Analysis using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25. Normality of the data was checked using normality tests, reliability analysis was done for checking psychometric properties of the scale independent sample t-test was done to see the gender differences in academic procrastination and anxiety among university students. The findings of this study may help in the identification as well as early prevention of mobile phone addiction.