The relationship between neuroticism, self-compassion and phone addiction among undergraduate students in Malaysia

Chong, Rui Hong (2025) The relationship between neuroticism, self-compassion and phone addiction among undergraduate students in Malaysia. Final Year Project, UTAR.

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Abstract

Phone addiction has emerged as a prevalent concern in the digital age, particularly among university students. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between phone addiction, neuroticism and self-compassion among undergraduate students in Malaysia. Therefore, the present study examined the relationship of self-compassion, neuroticism, and phone addiction among undergraduate students in Malaysia, as well as tested whether neuroticism and self-compassion predict phone addiction. This study is a correlational design using a cross-sectional research design and purposive sampling to recruit participants online through the survey method. This study applied three instruments to assess self-compassion, neuroticism and phone addiction, which were the Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form, Big Five Inventory-Neuroticism, and Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version. The survey was distributed online to 110 undergraduate participants in Malaysia between 18 to 25 years old. The result showed that there were significant relationships between self-compassion, neuroticism, and phone addiction among undergraduates in Malaysia. Moreover, the result showed that self-compassion has a negative relationship with phone addiction and was able to predict phone addiction, but neuroticism was unable to predict phone addiction among undergraduates in Malaysia. In summary, self-compassion can be further examined as an intervention toward undergraduate students with phone addiction.

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