1Department of Nursing, Kyungdong University, Korea
2Hallym University, Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Korea
*Corresponding Author: Miran Bang Nurse, Hallym University, Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Korea. Email: kjybmr@hallym.or.kr
Online published on 24 April, 2019.
This study is a descriptive correlation study that investigated the relationship of smartphone addition, self-control, and learning flow among nursing students.
The data was collected for 5 days from December 4 until December 8, 2017. In this study, 181 first-year students attending a nursing college in W city were convenience-sampled.
In this study, the smartphone addiction score of the nursing students was 2.27 out of 4,self-control 3.84 out of 5, and learning flow2.91 out of 5. Analysis of the correlation among smartphone addiction, selfcontrol, and learning flow showed that smartphone addiction and learning flow had negative correlation (r=-.357, p<.001); self-control and learning flow positive correlation (r=.408, p<.001); and self-control and smartphone addiction negative correlation (r=-.511, p<.001).
Therefore, development and application of manuals to prevent smartphone addition are required and various practical programs which can be evaluated and improve learning flow must be applied.
Smartphone, Addiction, Self-Control, Learning Flow, Nursing
