Table 3 Participants’ responses to smartphone addiction scale
Number | Item | Strongly disagree | Disagree | Somewhat disagree | Somewhat agree | Agree | Strongly agree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Missing planned work due to smartphone use | 8.0% | 10.9% | 8.1% | 20.0% | 30.6% | 22.6% |
2 | Having a hard time concentrating in class, while doing assignments, or while working due to smartphone use | 6.5% | 14.0% | 8.2% | 18.6% | 32.1% | 20.5% |
3 | Feeling pain in the wrists or at the back of the neck while using a smartphone | 9.1% | 16.6% | 8.0% | 20.1% | 31.5% | 14.7% |
4 | Won’t be able to stand not having a smartphone | 8.6% | 16.3% | 7.8% | 16.5% | 28.2% | 22.5% |
5 | Feeling impatient and fretful when I am not holding my smartphone | 12.4% | 20.4% | 9.2% | 15.7% | 25.8% | 16.5% |
6 | Having my smartphone in my mind even when I am not using it | 13.8% | 23.3% | 10.0% | 15.9% | 23.1% | 13.8% |
7 | I will never give up using my smartphone even when my daily life is already greatly affected by it. | 18.5% | 24.8% | 10.8% | 15.4% | 19.7% | 10.7% |
8 | Constantly checking my smartphone so as not to miss conversations between other people on Twitter or Facebook | 14.7% | 21.4% | 9.2% | 16.7% | 24.8% | 13.2% |
9 | Using my smartphone longer than I had intended | 5.4% | 10.1% | 6.5% | 13.8% | 36.6% | 27.7% |
10 | The people around me tell me that I use my smartphone too much. | 11.5% | 21.2% | 9.0% | 14.5% | 24.0% | 19.8% |