Investigation of alterations in temporal perception due to the presence of high levels of smartphone dependence

• Autor(a) principal: Castellon, Luís Augusto Soares
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Cavalcanti, Jonathan Bento, Souza, Renato Américo Dantas Camilo de, Dantas, Fábio Galvão
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/20870
• topic: Temporal perception; Smartphone dependency; Technology.; Percepción temporal; Adicción al smartphone; Tecnología.; Percepção temporal; Dependência de smartphone; Tecnologia.

Objective: We aim to investigate the correlation between the construction of perception of time and smartphone dependence in university students in Campina Grande - PB. Methodology: This was a quantitative and experimental cognitive psychology study. Using Google Forms platform, we applied: I-) Socioeconomic Questionnaire; II-) Smartphone Dependence Scale (SDS); III-) Standardized stimulus presentation (466 seconds) and IV-) Questionnaire on stimulus perception. Variables were analyzed by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) – version 20.0. Results: 155 students were included, 115 female (74.2%) and 40 male (25.8%), average of 21.5 years old. Students were divided into two groups, according to SDS: 41 (26.45%) had no smartphone dependency and 33 (21.29%) were dependent. The perception of duration of the stimulus was 409 seconds among students without dependence, and 523 seconds among the others (27.8% higher - was 409s for the stimulus presented, while that of the group with a high level of dependence was 523s (27.8% higher, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Students who were dependent on smartphone had a greater perception of time duration compared to the group without dependence.