Emotional stability, interpersonal motive and sensation seeking as determinants of mobile phone addiction among undergraduate students of university of Ibadan, Nigeria.
| dc.contributor.author | AFOLABI, Samuel Oluwaseun | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-18T13:47:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-09-18T13:47:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 0023 | |
| dc.description | xii, 150p | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study investigated the extent of mobile phone addiction among undergraduate students of University of Ibadan; it determined the influence of each of emotional stability, interpersonal motive and sensation-seeking on mobile phone addictions by the undergraduate students. It further established the combined influence of emotional stability, interpersonal motive and sensation-seeking on mobile phone addiction among undergraduate students and established the measures taken by the undergraduate students to curb mobile phone addiction. This was with a view to determine the level of mobile phone addiction among the undergraduate students of University of Ibadan. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population for the study comprised 35,000 undergraduate students of the University of Ibadan as at 2019/20 Academic Session. The sample size for the study consists of 1,000 undergraduate students selected using multi-stage sampling technique. From 10 faculties in University of Ibadan, five faculties were selected using simple random sampling technique. Two departments were selected from each faculty using simple random sampling technique. From each department, 100 students were selected from Part One to Four using convenience sampling technique. Five adapted research Instruments were used for data collection. Studentsā Mobile Phone Addiction Questionnaire (SMPAQ) was used to elicit information on mobile phone addiction, Emotional Stability Scale (ESS), Interpersonal Motive Scale (IMS), Sensation-Seeking Scale (SSS) and a researcher designed instrument- Perceived Measures to Curb Mobile Phone Addiction Scale (PMCMPAS) were used to elicit information from the respondents. Data collected were analysed using Frequency and percentage scores, Relative Significance Index (RSI), Linear and Multiple Regression Statistical techniques. The hypotheses were tested at the level of 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that 35.9% of the University of Ibadan undergraduate students were normal mobile phone users, 39.0% of the students exhibited a low level of mobile phone addiction, and 19.0% exhibited a moderate level of mobile phone addiction while 6.1% of the students exhibited a high level of mobile phone addiction. The results showed that, there was a significant influence of emotional stability (R=.119, R2=.014, F=8.854, p < 0.05), interpersonal motive (R=.465, R2=.217, F= 171.755, p < 0.05), and sensation-seeking (R=.453, R2=.305, F=160.417, p < 0.05) on mobile phone addiction among undergraduate students. Lastly, the results showed a significant combined influence of emotional stability, interpersonal motive and sensation-seeking on mobile phone addiction among undergraduate students, (R=.542, R2=.294, F=8.945, p <0.05). Measures to curb mobile phone addiction are: Assigning a fixed amount of time each day for mobile phone use (RSI= 0.78), Turning off of some notifications (RSI= 0.74) and deletion of most distracting applications (RSI= 0.74). This study concluded that interpersonal motive was a better determinant of mobile phone addiction among undergraduate students of University of Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Afolabi, S.O. (2023). Emotional stability, interpersonal motive and sensation seeking as determinants of mobile phone addiction among undergraduate students of university of Ibadan, Nigeria. Department of Educational Foundations And Counselling, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University. | |
| dc.identifier.other | ror.org/04snhqa82 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.oauife.edu.ng/handle/123456789/6953 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Department of Educational Foundations And Counselling, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University. | |
| dc.title | Emotional stability, interpersonal motive and sensation seeking as determinants of mobile phone addiction among undergraduate students of university of Ibadan, Nigeria. | |
| dc.type | Thesis |