Problematic use of short message service (SMS) in medical students and its possible association with personality dimensions

Electronic Physician Pub Date : 2019-12-01 DOI:10.19082/7643

M. Emadzadeh, Foad Faroughi, M. Bordbar, M. Dadgarmoghaddam

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Background: The use of short message service (SMS) is very popular among youths. Recent research has shown that it has some adverse consequences such as dependency. Objective: The present research aimed to determine the frequency of SMS dependency and its association with the temperament and character of medical students. Methods: A total of 293 medical students participated in this cross-sectional study in 2015 in Mashhad, Iran. The study group was divided into four groups according to their grade (using stratified sampling). Temperament and character inventory (TCI) and an SMS addiction test (SAT) were distributed between participants. SPSS software (version 11.5) was used for data analysis. Linear regression, Spearman's Rank-Order Correlation, Independentsamples t-test, ANOVA, Mann–Whitney U, and Kruskal Wallis were used for data analysis. P-value less than 0.05 was considered significant. Result: The mean age of participants was 24.44±4.63. Novelty seeking (p=0.003), cooperativeness (p<0.001), self-directedness (p<0.001) and self-transcendence (p=0.003) showed significant inverse correlation with total SAT score. There was significant difference between the mean of the total SAT in three state variables of novelty seeking (p=0.02), cooperativeness (p<0.001), self-directedness (p<0.001) and self-transcendence (p=0.02). The residents group had the highest mean SAT score. There was a significant difference in the total SAT scores according to the grade of the student (p<0.001). Moreover, we compared the participants’ temperament and character with Iranian normative data (derived from a study conducted in 2005) and found that the mean score in each area differed significantly between the two datasets (p≤0.001). Conclusion: Use of communication technologies is different according to temperament. Considering the key role of medical students, more attention needs to be paid to cellphone usage in this group.

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医学生短信使用的问题及其与人格维度的可能关联

背景：短信息服务（SMS）在年轻人中非常流行。最近的研究表明，它有一些不利的后果，如依赖性。目的：本研究旨在确定医学生短信依赖的频率及其与气质和性格的关系。方法：2015年，共有293名医学生在伊朗马什哈德参加了这项横断面研究。研究组根据年级分为四组（采用分层抽样）。在参与者之间分发气质和性格量表（TCI）和短信成瘾测试（SAT）。数据分析采用SPSS软件11.5版。数据分析采用线性回归、Spearman秩序相关、独立样本t检验、方差分析、Mann–Whitney U和Kruskal-Wallis。P值小于0.05被认为是显著的。结果：参与者的平均年龄为24.44±4.63岁。寻求新颖性（p=0.003）、合作性（p<0.001）、自我导向性（p=0.001）和自我超越性（p=0.003）与SAT总分呈显著负相关。总SAT的平均值在寻求新颖性（p=0.02）、合作性（p<0.001）、自我指导性（p<0.001）和自我超越性（p=0.02）三个状态变量中存在显著差异。居民组的SAT平均得分最高。SAT总分随年级不同而有显著性差异（p＜0.001），我们将参与者的气质和性格与伊朗标准数据（来源于2005年的一项研究）进行了比较，发现两个数据集在每个领域的平均得分都有显著差异（p≤0.001）。考虑到医学生的关键作用，这一群体需要更多地关注手机的使用。

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