Big Five Personality Domains and their Impact on Problematic Mobile Phone Use among Medical Students in a Rural Tertiary Care Centre in Tamil Nadu India: A Cross-sectional Study
Introduction: The increasing usage of smartphones across the globe has resulted in considerable changes in people's daily lives, especially in terms of personality traits among adults. Research shows that the Big Five personality traits influence Problematic Mobile Phone Use (PMPU). Aim: T...
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2023-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Summary: | Introduction: The increasing usage of smartphones across the
globe has resulted in considerable changes in people's daily
lives, especially in terms of personality traits among adults.
Research shows that the Big Five personality traits influence
Problematic Mobile Phone Use (PMPU).
Aim: To estimate the prevalence of PMPU using the Mobile
Phone Problem Use Scale (MPPUS-10) and to evaluate the
personality predictors of PMPU using the Big Five Inventory
(BFI) questionnaire.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was
conducted among 289 medical students at a rural tertiary care
centre in Tamil Nadu, India from November 2021 to April 2022.
The questionnaire consisted of three sections. The first section
collected demographic characteristics, the second section
included questions on the MPPUS-10, and the third section
contained questions from the BFI questionnaire. Reliability
analysis was conducted to assess the internal validity of the
MPPUS-10 questionnaire. Exploratory factor analysis using
principal component analysis with varimax rotation and Kaiser
normalisation was performed to measure the structural validity
of the MPPUS-10 scale. A multiple linear regression model was
applied to determine the relationship between PMPU and the
personality domains.
Results: The prevalence of PMPU among medical students was
found to be 106 (36.7%). Spearman's rank correlation revealed
a negative correlation between agreeableness personality (r=-
0.307, p-value <0.001) and conscientiousness personality
(r=-0.369, p-value <0.001) with PMPU. Additionally, a positive
correlation was observed between neurotic personality and
PMPU (r=0.325, p-value <0.001). Multiple linear regression
analysis demonstrated that agreeableness, conscientiousness,
and neuroticism significantly predicted 44.4% of the scores
on the PMPU (F=23.276, p-value <0.001 at the 1% level).
Therefore, individuals with lower levels of agreeableness,
conscientiousness, and higher levels of neuroticism scored
higher on the MPPUS-10 scale.
Conclusion: The prevalence of PMPU among medical students
was found to be high, requiring attention. Individuals with lower
levels of agreeableness and conscientiousness, as well as
higher levels of neuroticism, were more likely to exhibit PMPU.
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |