Rates of Alexithymia and Its Association With Smartphone Addiction Among a Sample of University Students in Egypt.
Smartphone Addiction Scale–Short Version (SAS-SV)
Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS)
alexithymia
behavioral addiction
smartphone addiction
university students
Journal
Frontiers in psychiatry
ISSN: 1664-0640
Titre abrégé: Front Psychiatry
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101545006
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
12
12
2019
accepted:
26
03
2020
entrez:
20
5
2020
pubmed:
20
5
2020
medline:
20
5
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Alexithymia is characterized by difficulties in describing feelings. Many studies have shown that there is a relation between alexithymia and different types of addictions. Nowadays, smartphone addiction is proposed to be a global problem. The current study focuses on the rates of alexithymia and its association with smartphone addiction in an Egyptian university. This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in Ain Shams University. A sample of 200 university students was surveyed using Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) and Smartphone Addiction Scale The results showed that 44 students (22%) had alexithymia. It was also found that around one third of the sample (N=65, 32.5%) met the criteria of smartphone addiction. There was a strong association between alexithymia and smartphone addiction (OR=4.33, 95% CI 2.15-8.74, p= < 0.001). This study supports existing literature indicating the strong association between alexithymia and smartphone addiction.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32425823
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00304
pmc: PMC7212412
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
304Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elkholy, Elhabiby and Ibrahim.
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