Analysis of Smartphone Addiction Today: A Literature Review
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Smartphone addiction; Anxiety; Depression; Sleeping disorder.Abstract
Today, smartphone users are rapidly increasing all over the world. Smartphones bring lots of benefits to society. It enables people to connect with the whole world and spread the latest ideas to countries worldwide more efficiently and conveniently. This could never be done in the past when smartphones had not yet developed. However, the vast increase in smartphone usage has had significant negative consequences for society. The risk of anxiety and depression may rise with disorders that negatively impact people’s daily lives such as social dysfunction, obesity, and sleeping disorders as a result of excessive smartphone use. These disorders led by smartphones differ for individuals based on their different personalities and experiences. The main causes of smartphone addiction can be divided into three factors: internal factors, emotional factors, and social factors. The purpose of this paper is to investigate smartphone addiction with an analysis of its causes, impacts, and therapies through a literature review.
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