ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2020
Rates of Alexithymia and Its Association With Smartphone Addiction Among a Sample of University Students in Egypt.
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- Relationship Between Alexithymia, Smartphone Addiction, and Psychological Distress Among University Students: A Multi-country Study.Oman medical journal · 2024Article
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- Role of Alexithymia in Predicting Internet Novel Addiction through Boredom Proneness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Translation and psychometric evaluation of Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV) among Chinese college students.PloS one · 2022Article
- Problematic smartphone use and affective temperaments among Lebanese young adults: scale validation and mediating role of self-esteem.BMC psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionAlexithymia 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. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis 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
resultsThe 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).
conclusionThis study supports existing literature indicating the strong association between alexithymia and smartphone addiction.
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