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Siddharth Kumar Chaudhari, Narayani Srivastava, Anil Kumar Yadav,
Trayambak Tiwari, and Shreshtha Yadav
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
The present study aimed to examine the relationship between Smartphone addiction
and achievement motivation among male and female college students. In this study
263 college students whose age ranged between 17 to 27 years were recruited, out of
which 129 were males (Mean age=21.47, SD=2.11) and 134 were females (Mean age=
21.67, SD=1.59). Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Version (SAS-SV) and Ray’s
Achievement Orientation Scale were used to measure Smartphone addiction and
achievement motivation respectively. Further, t-test was performed on the obtained
data and result revealed a significant difference among males and females with t-value
=-3.127, p<0.05; and t-value-3.674, p<0.05 on Smartphone addiction and achievement
motivation respectively. Further, Pearson correlation was computed, and it was found
that achievement motivation was significantly negatively correlated with smartphone
addiction at rà-0.298, p<0.01 for females and rà-0.238, p<0.01 for male students
respectively. Results indicated that students with high achievement motivation were
more focused toward their desired goals and smartphone addiction among them was
less likely.