The Effect of Smartphone Addiction and Mental Fatigue on Working Memory in University Students

The Effect of Smartphone Addiction and Mental Fatigue on Working Memory in University Students

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of smartphone addiction and mental fatigue on working memory in university students.

University students who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be informed about the study and the participants who agree to participate in the study will be given the Turkish version of "Smartphone Addiction Scale", ''Mental Fatigue Scale'' and "Working Memory Questionnaire" tests, respectively. 120 university students will included in the study. To evaluate between correlation of tests will used to correlation analysis tests. In addition, it will be investigated whether there is a difference between 1.2.3 and 4th grades in terms of Smartphone Addiction, Mental Fatigue Scale and Working Memory Questionnaire

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being a university student
• Be between the ages of 18-25
• Using a smartphone for at least one hour a day

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having musculoskeletal pain
• Having had surgery in the last 6 months
• Decline to participate in the study