The relative contribution of smartphone addiction to predicting health anxiety among a sample of Taif University students

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The research aimed to identify the extent of the relative contribution of smartphone addiction to predicting anxiety towards health among a sample of Taif University students, numbering (438) students. The researcher used the smartphone addiction scale from (Kwon, et al, 2013), and the anxiety scale towards health. Health (Salkovskis, etal, 2002) and the researcher translated them into Arabic, and the results showed that there is a positive, statistically significant relationship between smartphone addiction and anxiety about health among the research sample of Taif University students, and anxiety about health can be predicted from the level of smartphone addiction. The research ended with some recommendations and proposed research.
 
 

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