Anger control is the most influential risk factor of mobile phone addiction among nursing and midwifery students of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences

Sadegh Dehghanmehr (Medical Surgical Nursing Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran)
Fatemeh KordSalarzehi (2Medical Surgical Nursing Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Chabahar, Iran)
Najmeh Ghiamikeshtgar (Operating Room Department of Operating Room, School of Nursing and Midwifery Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran)
Nahid Mir (Intensive Care Nursing Department, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran)
Mahsima Banaei Heravan (Department of Midwifery, Pregnancy Health Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran)
Farhad Shafeie (Operating Room Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar Branch, Garmsar, Iran)

Universa Medicina
Vol. 41 No. 2 (2022)

BackgroundReligious attitude and anger management are two psychopathological constructs receiving little empirical scrutiny in relation to smart phone addiction, but theoretically should demonstrate significant relationships. Today one of these new media that is used by many people around the world, is the mobile phone. Students are one of the most important groups that are affected by mobile social networks. The aim of this study was to determine religious attitudes and anger management as risk factors of mobile phone addiction in nursing and midwifery students. MethodsThis study was a cross-sectional study involving 200 nursing and midwifery students. Relevant data were collected through demographic information questionnaire, anger management skills questionnaire, religious attitude questionnaire, and mobile phone addiction questionnaire. A multiple regression model was used to examine the relationship between variables. ResultsThe mean age of the research subjects was 22.04 ± 3.30 years. Anger control and religious attitude were a significant risk factors of smartphone addiction (β=-0.500; p=0.000; β= -0.069; p=0.004, respectively). The variables of anger ýcontrol and spiritual attitude can predict and explain 33.6% and 2.7% (36.3% in total) of the ýchanges in the mobile addiction score. Anger control is the most influential risk factor of mobile phone addiction among nursing and midwifery students (Beta = -0.385). ConclusionFindings indicate the importance of controlling anger and strengthening religious attitude in reducing the rate of mobile phone addiction in students. This provides guidance to the future development of smartphone addiction prevention programs for students.