The relationship between personality factors and smartphone use among university students

Smartphone use is one of the phenomena of this age and has had a profound effect on the various aspects of human life today, therefore, different aspects of smartphone use should be identified to make use of this device more targeted and to reduce its ineffective use with knowledge. In this study, the basic role of personality factors in using smartphone was investigated.

In this study 64 peoples were selected by systematic random and random cluster sampling method from the students of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in 2018. Then the questionnaire of smartphone and computer use and Neo personality questionnaire were completed. Spearman rank correlation test and SPSS version 24 were used for data analysis.

The findings of the study indicated that there is a relationship between gender and age with the amount of smartphone use (P=0.007, P=0.03) and on the other hand, the weaker responsibility and agreeableness personality are associated to the greater use of smartphone (P=0.01, P=0.03).

The results of this study showed the role of gender as well as personality factors of agreeableness and responsibility in smartphone usage. These results could indicate the high-risk group to conduct specialized researches, also makes people more aware of the use of the smartphone.