Predicting cell phone addiction based on feelings of loneliness and social anxiety with a gender-modifying role in undergraduate students of Islamic Azad University of Tehran

The aim of this study was to predict cell phone addiction based on feelings of loneliness and social anxiety with a gender-modifying role in undergraduate students of Islamic Azad University of Tehran. This study was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of the study included all undergraduate students of Islamic Azad universities in Tehran in 1400 who were selected by convenience sampling method. Data collection method was based on the Smartphone Addiction Questionnaire (2013), California Loneliness Questionnaire - Third Edition (1996) and Connor et al. (2000) Social Anxiety Questionnaire. The data obtained from the questionnaires were analyzed using SPSS 23 software in two parts: descriptive (standard deviation, skewness and elongation) and inferential (Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis). The results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between mobile phone addiction and students' feelings of loneliness and social anxiety. Feelings of loneliness and social anxiety can also predict cell phone addiction in students. In addition, the gender of students did not make a significant difference in the results of the study.