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Smartphone Use, Sleep Quality and the Wellbeing of Indonesian College Students During the Pandemic

Bianca Marella, Universitas Tarumanagara

The dominance of online learning and the lack of social interactions during lockdown is forcing many university students to live via the internet and social media. This study investigate students’ wellbeing and its associated demographic in relation to smartphone use and sleep quality among Indonesian university students living in urban areas during the pandemic. A sample of 327 undergraduate students (68 males and 259 females; M = 19.2 ± 1.65) anonymously completed the Smartphone Addiction Scale – Short Version (SAS-SV), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), WHO-Five Wellbeing Index (WHO-5), along with several sociodemographic data via an online survey. Participants were divided into a low smartphone use group (n=183, 56%) and a high smartphone use group (n=144, 44%). Students with high smartphone usage significantly had lower wellbeing scores than those of low smartphone use group. Hierarchical linear regression results indicated that sex, perceived physical health, smartphone use, and sleep quality were associated with wellbeing in university students. The final model predicted 23.4% of the scores of the WHO-5 scores with the greatest increase in predictive capability by the step that added perceived physical health, followed by the step that added sleep quality. Implications of these results are discussed.

Keywords: COVID-19, Children and youth

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  Presented in Session 4. Emotional Wellbeing of Adolescents and Young People