Rubaiya Matin Chandrima, Kağan Kırcaburun, Humyon Kabir, Baizid Khoorshid Riaz et al.
Internet-related problems such as excessive internet use, problematic internet use (PIU), and internet addiction, are becoming increasingly studied among Bangladeshi adult students, but there has been little research among adolescents. In Bangladesh, there has been no research examining the role of ...
Mohammed A. Mamun, Md. Sharif Hossain, Mst. Sabrina Moonajilin, Mohammed Tanvir Masud et al.
BACKGROUND: Researchers have claimed that problematic internet use (PIU) and internet addiction (IA) is a global mental health problem. However, little research has addressed this issue in Bangladesh and no previous study has examined the relationship between PIU and potential psychological risk fac...
Ismail Hosen, Firoj Al‐Mamun, Md. Tajuddin Sikder, Amir Zaib Abbasi et al.
Background: Problematic smartphone use (PSU) has been increasing hastily in recent decades, and it has become inseparable during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among the students who are at risk of problematic smartphone use. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the prevalence and as...
Md. Shahadat Hossain Khan, Benadjih Oiriddine Abdou, Jaana Kettunen, Sue Gregory
This article aims to identify different ways of using mobile devices in students’ learning in higher education. This qualitative research presents the findings from a phenomenographic research of students’ conceptions of mobile learning (m-learning) in higher education. A cohort of 16 students from ...
Syed Far Abid Hossain, Mohammad Nurunnabi, Khalid Hussain, Swapan Kumar Saha et al.
The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of variety-seeking (VS) intention arising from mobile phone usage on students’ academic performance (AP). The study identified how students are affected by mobile phone usage, revealing in particular an increased social networking-usage tendency am...
Israt Jahan, Ismail Hosen, Firoj Al‐Mamun, Mark Mohan Kaggwa et al.
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic-related "stay-at-home" and confinement orders has led individuals to be more engaged with technology use (eg, internet use). For a minority of individuals, excessive use can become problematic and addictive. However, the investigation of problematic internet use in ...
A. K. M. Rezaul Karim, Naima Nigar
There is growing importance of the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) in Internet addiction research around the world. Since the development of the IAT (Young, 1996, 1998), a number of validation studies have been done in various cultures. The aim of this study was to translate the instrument into Bangla...
Megan Condis
Oli Ahmed, Syeda Jannatun Nayeem Siddiqua, Najifa Alam, Mark D. Griffiths
The number of social media users in Bangladesh is increasing in every year. Young people – mainly college and university students – are the heavy users of it. Problematic social media use (PSMU) has received increasing research attention over the past decade. However, there are very few studies conc...
Arul Chib, Holley A. Wilkin, Sri Ranjini Mei Hua
International migrants often need social support to deal with an unfamiliar environment and reduce stress caused by prevailing attitudes in their host country, as well as that induced by distance and separation from their family. This study investigates whether mobile phones facilitate or inhibit mi...
Kazi Turin Rahman, Md. Zahir Uddin Arif
Purpose The purpose of the study is to dive into various binge-watching habits of Netflix users amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Consumers find themselves amidst the COVID-19 lockdown with more free time to indulge in these viewing habits. This study investigates motivational factors, amount of media c...
Sohel Ahmed, Arushi Mishra, Rahemun Akter, Md. Hasanuzzaman Shah et al.
Abstract Introduction Prolonged physical exposure during smartphone usage results in poor posture causing pain in neck, shoulder, elbow, and hands. So, our aim was to investigate the effect of smartphone addiction on musculoskeletal pain. Methods This cross-sectional study was carried out by a rando...
Mainul Haque, Nor Iza A. Rahman, Md Anwarul Azim Majumder, Seraj Zohurul Haque et al.
BACKGROUND: The use of Internet has now become indispensable, and the technology has revolutionized the medical education and practice worldwide. Currently, medical students and professionals have an enormous opportunity to keep them always updated with the exponential growth of knowledge because of...
Deli Yuan, Muhammad Khalilur Rahman, Md. Abu Issa Gazi, Md. Atikur Rahaman et al.
The study has aimed to investigate the factors affecting university students’ attitude toward intention to use social media for learning. This study embraced a cross-sectional approach and gathered quantitative data via a Google form survey, which was collected by using social media platforms, from ...
Abu Sayeed, Nazmul Hassan, Hafizur Rahman, Samer El Hayek et al.
Facebook addiction (FA) has been suggested as a potential behavioral addiction. Data about FA among university students in Bangladesh has been scarce despite being a research topic of growing interest. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of FA and its related factors amongst university stud...