Analysis of the Motives for Using Smartphone Applications and their Impact on Academic Achievement Among Ajman University Students: An Analytical Field Study

Abstract

Smartphones, with the multitude of tasks can perform, have become everyday items for college-age consumers. This study was initiated to address concerns that the use of technology is leading to distractions and a lack of focus, according to the researchers. The purpose of this study was to investigate the social and psychological factors influencing college students' heavy application use that may result in digital addiction. This was descriptive research, which used a survey to collect data. A solid structured questionnaire was distributed randomly to 150 male and female students from a stratified random sample. Subjects: Ten different schools of Ajman University were chosen for this study. A number of essential outcomes were generated from the survey. Smartphones are king, with more than half (54.0%) of poll respondents saying they use them. Less use of new and old media than before. Most cohort members, 73.3%, had a stable family background in that they lived with both their parents. It was observed that an essential proportion of the sample (46.7%) did not use any software or program. They would not do that, so it left them with a combination of some. Entertainment was the primary motive for being there: specifically, games, movies, and interacting socially. This represented the majority of answers. Instagram was, in and of itself, the place to go. Twenty-four-point 6  % of the participants indicated that interaction with people from diverse cultures, where there may be more flexible societal norms, was their most important social reason. Avoiding blame and the subsequent anger or disapproval from their loved ones was the overarching psychological motivation, being cited in 24.66 % of cases. The findings indicate that there are no statistically significant differences in how men and women used the system.