Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: “Correlation between Finger Dexterity and Smartphone Time Spent” was a correlation research. The objectives of this study were:1)to assess the level of finger dexterity; 2)to assess smartphone time spent, and 3) to investigate the correlation between finger dexterity scores and smartphone time spent. The samples comprised of 25 undergraduate students (9 males and 16 females) majored in Psychology in the academic year 2018. The samples were selected by the method of purposively selected sampling. The research instruments were questionnaire about the time that the smartphone is used per day and O’ Connor Tweezer Dexterity Test and Lafayette Roeder Manipulative Aptitude Test. Data were analyzed by using mean, standard deviation and Pearson product-moment correlations. The results showed that 1. The level of finger dexterity was lower than norms 2. The average of smartphone time spent was 81.49 minutes per day, and 3. There was no correlation between finger dexterity scores and smartphone time spent.
Institution: Saint Louis College
Language: Thai
Subfield: Human Factors and Ergonomics
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7219258504