Smartphone Addiction, Anxiety Symptoms and Depression among Young Adults

Abstract

Although a smartphone has proven to be a very useful tool, its obsessive usage can harm relationships, anxiety, and depression. This study amid to investigate the relationship between smartphone addiction, depression, and anxiety symptoms among young adults. The sample of the study consisting of (240) Jordanian young adults who randomly select from the universities in Jordan.  The scales self-evaluation anxiety, PHQ-8, and smartphone addiction where use to gather the data. Finally, the results of the study revealed that the level of smartphone addiction was the highest, and the lowest level was depression. Moreover, the results showed a strong positive correlation between smartphone addiction, anxiety, and depression among the participants. Finally, no statistically significant difference in levels of depression, smartphone addiction, or anxiety between the participants based on their gender was found.