Assessment of Smart Phone Usage among Colleges Students at Al-Anbar University

Abstract

Smart phone usage has been identified as one of the devices that negatively affect college
students. The smartphone in college students affects both individual and organizational performance as well as health care. A descriptive study was conducted among college students at the University of Anbar to evaluate smartphone use. A non-probability sample (random) consisting of 2500 students from the faculties of the University of Anbar. Regarding students use a smartphone the results majority of students use a smartphone (97.8%).The majority of the study participants use the smartphone for a period of 3-4 hours during the day (53%). The results showed a statistically significant relationship between the use of smart phones among college students with regard to age, gender, marital status, phone use and income at (p-value ≤ 0.05).Motivational and educational programs (Poster, brochure and video) about smart phone usage, working on educational campaigns involving college students and civil society organizations to identify the problems of increasing the
use of the smartphone.