The Influence of Self-Control on the Level of Smartphone Addiction among Vocational High School Students
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Self-Control, Smartphone addiction, Vocational High School StudentsAbstract
This study aimed to determine the levels of self-control and smartphone addiction and to analyse the effect of self-control on smartphone addiction among students of public vocational high schools in Ciamis Regency. The study employed a quantitative approach, using descriptive methods and simple linear regression. The research instruments consisted of self-control and smartphone addiction scales that had been tested for validity and reliability. The findings revealed that both students’ self-control and smartphone addiction levels were in the moderate category. The results of the simple linear regression analysis indicated that self-control had a significant negative effect on smartphone addiction. This means that the higher the students’ self-control, the lower their level of smartphone addiction. These findings highlight the importance of strengthening self-control as a preventive strategy to reduce smartphone addiction tendencies among adolescents and provide a basis for developing self-regulation-based guidance and counselling services in schools. The implications of this study suggest that strengthening self-regulation skills should be integrated into preventive and intervention programs to support healthy, adaptive technology use among adolescents.
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