@article{Barotun Mabaroh_Sugianti_2021, title={Gadget Addiction and the Students’ Achievement}, volume={1}, url={https://ijsl.pubmedia.id/index.php/ijsl/article/view/59}, DOI={10.47134/ijsl.v1i3.59}, abstractNote={<p><em>Using</em><em> gadgets cannot be avoided </em><em>in</em><em> daily life</em><em>. I</em><em>t becomes more primary for students in higher education since</em><em> they </em><em>change to </em><em>learn</em><em> online during the covid?19 pandemic peri</em><em>od</em><em>. </em><em>They should use gadgets </em><em>focus</em><em>ing</em><em> on education</em><em>, but u</em><em>nfortunately</em><em>, studies had reported that students are </em><em>addicted </em><em>to using gadgets to access </em><em>some entertaining applications. Therefore, it </em><em>wa</em><em>s essential to investigate how the students manage us</em><em>ing</em><em> gadgets and their effects on the</em><em>ir</em><em> achievement. Th</em><em>is </em><em>survey</em><em> research required the student</em><em>’s responses to a Gadget Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV) Addict item</em><em>. </em><em>The</em><em> researchers collected data using a </em><em>survey questionnaire on Google Form</em><em> to determine how using gadgets affects the students’ achievement</em><em>. This research was </em><em>done from August to December</em><em> 2020. The results showed </em><em>that both male and female students were identified as </em><em>high-risk </em><em>addicted</em><em>.</em><em> Moreover</em><em>, </em><em>the gadget addiction had terrible effects on </em><em>the</em><em> student’s physical and psychological even though it did not significantly impact their academic achievement. However, based on the results, it was hoped that there should be the best management for using gadgets to improve the students’ achievement and prevent the long-term risk of gadget addiction.</em></p>}, number={3}, journal={International Journal of Social Learning (IJSL)}, author={Barotun Mabaroh and Sugianti, Lilik}, year={2021}, month={Aug.}, pages={321–332} }