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Table 2 Correlation between smartphone addiction, psychological distress and neuroticism

From: The relationship of smartphone addiction with psychological distress and neuroticism among university medical students

Parameters

Smartphone addiction

r

p-value

Depression

0.277

< 0.001

Anxiety

0.312

< 0.001

Stress

0.329

< 0.001

Neuroticism

0.173

< 0.001

  1. Spearman correlation was set at 95% confidence interval, p-value less than 0.05 was considered as a significant level
  2. Correlation coefficient (r): poor = less than 0.25, fair = 0.26–0.50, good = 0.51–0.75 (good), and excellent = 0.76–1.00
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BMC Psychology

ISSN: 2050-7283

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