The Effect of Smartphone Addiction on Adolescent Mental Health and Social Interaction

DOI

10.2991/ahsr.k.220203.012How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Smartphone Addiction; Mental Health; Social Interaction; Adolescent

Abstract

Excessive use of smartphones will cause a person to become addicted. Smartphone addiction is a condition where a person has a tendency to use a smartphone continuously and does not pay attention to the negative impacts it can cause. A person who is addicted to a smartphone will feel happy when using a smartphone, then feel stressed and anxious when he cannot meet his needs for using a smartphone. Someone who is addicted to smartphones will spend a lot of time using smartphones. Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood. A person who enters adolescence will experience physical, emotionaly and cognitive changes. Activities that are often carried out will greatly affect the development of adolescents, including the use of smartphones. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of smartphone addiction on mental health and adolescent social interactions. The research design used using the literature review method. The database used for literature searches uses Google Scholar, Springer and Proquest. For literature selection using PRISMA Flow Diagram and at the stage of literature quality assessment using JBI Critical Appraisal Tools. The results obtained as many as six literatures were obtained after going through selection in accordance with the research criteria. Three articles related to mental health and three other articles related to social interactions. The conclusion of this study is that smartphone addiction has an impact on adolescent mental health, especially anxiety and depression. Addiction to smartphones also affects adolescent social interactions.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Muhammad Faridl Alwi
AU  - Sapto Adi
AU  - Windi Chusniah Rachmawati
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/10
TI  - The Effect of Smartphone Addiction on Adolescent Mental Health and Social Interaction
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Sport Science and Health (ICSSH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 81
EP  - 85
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.220203.012
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.220203.012
ID  - Alwi2022
ER  -