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Effects of Smartphone Addiction on Cognitive Functions in Teaching Faculty

Author(s) Amber Jamaal, Sana Zainab. S, A.K. Vijay Krishna Kumar
Country India
Abstract BACKGROUND: Cognitive function is a broad term that refers to mental processes involved in the acquisition of knowledge, manipulation of information, and reasoning. Smartphone addiction or excess use has led to a range of negative consequences in personal life, academic achievement and the workplace. They also found that some activities related to screening media and brain structures are associated with worse cognitive performance, while others are associated with better cognitive performance. The cognitive challenges in teaching faculty are working memory, ability to learn new concepts, attention, decision making and reaction time.
AIM OF STUDY: “To investigate the effects of smartphone addiction on cognitive functions in teaching faculty.”
METHODOLOGY: In this study, 132 teaching faculty were approached to participate. Each subject was screened for the study criteria and those who did not meet the inclusion criteria were excluded. Out of 132 subjects, 21 subjects did not fulfil the selection criteria, and 11 subjects were not willing to participate. 100 consenting teaching faculty were included based on the selection criteria. Their demographic information (i.e., age between 24 - 50 and gender) and levels of smartphone usage were collected using the Smartphone addiction Scale- Short Version (SAS-SV). The Cognitive functions were evaluated using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) Scale. The questionnaire and objective scale were personally given to the subjects, and the results were determined accordingly.
RESULTS: The impact of Smart phone Addiction on Cognitive function was analyzed with linear regression. The p-value 0.040 is less than 0.05 denotes that there is an impact of smart phone addiction on the cognitive function of the teachers in the study samples. This study showed that teacher’s cognitive function is being positively impacted by smartphone addiction.
CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the present study demonstrated that smartphone-addiction significantly impacted cognitive functions in teaching faculty. This study showed that teacher’s cognitive function is being positively impacted by smartphone addiction.
Keywords Smartphone addiction, Cognitive function, Smartphone addiction scale, Montreal Cognitive assessment (MoCA) Scale.
Field Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 7, Issue 1, January-February 2025
Published On 2025-01-16
Cite This Effects of Smartphone Addiction on Cognitive Functions in Teaching Faculty - Amber Jamaal, Sana Zainab. S, A.K. Vijay Krishna Kumar - IJFMR Volume 7, Issue 1, January-February 2025. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i01.35179
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i01.35179
Short DOI https://doi.org/g82gq9

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