Elkholy Hussien, Elhabiby Mahmoud, Ibrahim Islam
Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Front Psychiatry. 2020 Apr 24;11:304. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00304. eCollection 2020.
Alexithymia is characterized by difficulties in describing feelings. Many studies have shown that there is a relation between alexithymia and different types of addictions. Nowadays, smartphone addiction is proposed to be a global problem. The current study focuses on the rates of alexithymia and its association with smartphone addiction in an Egyptian university.
This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in Ain Shams University. A sample of 200 university students was surveyed using Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) and Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Version (SAS-SV).
The results showed that 44 students (22%) had alexithymia. It was also found that around one third of the sample (N=65, 32.5%) met the criteria of smartphone addiction. There was a strong association between alexithymia and smartphone addiction (OR=4.33, 95% CI 2.15-8.74, p= < 0.001).
This study supports existing literature indicating the strong association between alexithymia and smartphone addiction.
述情障碍的特征是在描述情感方面存在困难。许多研究表明，述情障碍与不同类型的成瘾之间存在关联。如今，智能手机成瘾被认为是一个全球性问题。当前的研究聚焦于埃及一所大学中述情障碍的发生率及其与智能手机成瘾的关联。
这是一项在艾因夏姆斯大学开展的横断面研究。使用多伦多述情障碍量表（TAS）和智能手机成瘾量表简版（SAS-SV）对200名大学生样本进行了调查。
结果显示，44名学生（22%）患有述情障碍。还发现样本中约三分之一（N = 65，32.5%）符合智能手机成瘾的标准。述情障碍与智能手机成瘾之间存在强关联（OR = 4.33，95% CI 2.15 - 8.74，p = < 0.001）。
本研究支持现有文献表明述情障碍与智能手机成瘾之间存在强关联。
