Cell Phone Use, Sleep Quality, Academic Performance, and Psychological Well-Being in Young Adults: A Theoretical Framework

Suresh C Joshi ( Centre for Continuing Education, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Knowledge Acres, Kandoli, Dehradun, India 248007. Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. )

Abstract

Cell phone use (CPU) impacts the sleep quality, academic performance, and psychological well-being (PWB) of young adults. A strong theoretical framework was warranted to explain these impacts. Also, the theoretical framework was warranted to understand the inter-variable interactions for mentioned variables and their impact on the mental health of young adults. The presented study provides a research-based theoretical framework for CPU-led sleep quality, academic performance, and PWB, which is built on existing developmental theories. The developmental theories are grouped under four overarching theories, which are nested under the bigger umbrella of cognitivism. The framework offers a theoretical explanation for all three CPU-led mechanisms associated with sleep quality, academic performance, and PWB. The Sleep Displacement Theory and Arousal Theory explains CPU-led sleep disruption. The Switch Load Theory and Self-regulated Learning Theory explains CPU multitasking and self-regulated learning behavior. The Six-factor Model of Psychological Well-Being and Maslow's Hierarchy of Psychological Needs explains CPU-led PWB. The presented framework will help explore CPU-led sleep quality, academic performance, and PWB from a theoretical perspective, hence, will help provide theoretical support to the empirical finding relating to these variables. The significance of the theoretical framework in all three domains and the practical implications of the findings to the real world are discussed.

Keywords

Cell phone use; Sleep quality; Sleep displacement; Psychological arousal; Academic performance; Multitasking; Self-regulation; Psychological well-being

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