Effects of Excessive Smartphone Usage on Emotional Regulation and Sleep Quality among Young Adults

Abstract

Introduction:The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of excessive smart phone use on emotional regulation and sleep quality among young adults. Excessive smart phone use can disrupt person’s sleep, which can have a serious impact on person’s overall mental health. It can impact person’s memory, affect one’s ability to think clearly, and reduce the cognitive and learning skills. Encouraging self-absorption, Emotional Regulations the consciousornon-conscious control of emotion, mood, or affect.Conscious control is an active thought process or acommitment to a behaviour. Sleep Quality is defined as one’s satisfaction of the sleep experience, integrating aspects of sleep initiation, sleep maintenance, sleep quantity, and refreshment upon awakening. Methods: The total sample collected was 300, among which 150 were boys and 150 were girls between the ages of 18 to 40 years.Tool used in this study are the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS) by Kwon M, Kim D-J, Cho H, Yang S (2013); Emotional regulation by Gross,J.J.,&John, O.P. (2003) and Sleep Quality Scale ( SQS )  by Yi, et al. A convenient sampling method was used. Results:The relationship between dependent and independent variable was analysed by using statistical tool such as Pearson correlation, independent sample ‘t’ test. It was found that emotional regulation and sleep quality is significantly related to smart phone usage, and there is no gender difference found. Conclusion:The findings of this study will be useful for counselling young adults who use Smartphone excessively