Smartphone Usage Behaviors and Its Impact of Using Smartphone toward Lifestyle of Adolescents in Muang District, Lampang

Abstract

This research is to study smartphone usage behaviors and its impact of using smartphones toward lifestyle of adolescents in Muang District, Lampang Province. Is an exploratory research and using a questionnaire. The sample group used in the study among 384 sampling. Using descriptive statistics, average, percentage and multiple regression analysis.  The findings revealed an overall smartphone usage behavior was at a high level with a mean score ( =3.79), the use of smartphones were to listening to music, watching video clips, playing games, etc. ( =4.15), followed by using the smartphone for social network such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Line, etc. ( = 4.07), to search the education based information ( =3.89). The overall effect towards smartphone usage of adolescents was at low level ( = 2.17) on health ( = 2.33), followed by social and relationship ( = 2.18) and mental and Emotion ( = 2.00). An analytical part of the smartphone usage behavior has a direct effect on health, psychology, emotion, social and relationship. Therefore, the smartphone usage behaviors have a positive impact smartphone usage among adolescents in Muang District, Lampang Province at statistically significant at 0.05 and revealed the variations value of the smartphone usage behaviors affect an impact of using smartphone toward lifestyle of adolescents with percentage of 3.90 (R 2 = .039)