Investigating the Relationship Between Smartphone Use and Social Dominance Orientation in University Students

This study was conducted on 388 undergraduate students at Sakarya University Faculty of Education. The study examines the relationship between smartphone addiction and social dominance orientation. The relationship between smartphone addiction and social group dominance, especially in periods of mass mobility such as migration, war, and economic crisis, where social problems intensify, as a very convenient tool for directing groups, gains importance. In the study, data were collected using the Sociodemographic Data Form, Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Form (SMAS-SF) and the New Social Dominance Orientation Scale 7 (NSSAD7). For data analysis, t-test analysis, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson moment correlation analysis were performed. As a result, no relationship was found between smartphone addiction and social dominance orientation. It was observed that social dominance orientation was higher in males than females. Participants whose mothers were agriculturalists were found to use smartphones more intensively. No differences were found in terms of other socio-demographic variables. It is recommended that the possible effects of social media use on social group dominance should be examined experimentally.