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ABSTRACT The aim of the study is to examine predictive effect of parental attitudes and socio-demographicvariables (age, gender, time spent on smartphone, number of siblings, students' feeling social, andparental education level) in university students' addiction to smartphones. Participants included 670university students whose age ranged between 18-30 years (M=21.6, SD=6.3). Smartphone AddictionScale (SAS) and Parental Attitude Scale (PAS) and Socio-Demographic Information Form were usedto collect data. The results showed that age, gender, parental education level, time spent onsmartphone, number of siblings, and state of feeling social and parental attitudes predicted asignificant amount of variance (11%) in smartphone addiction. The students' perception of feelingsocial and parental attitudes functioned as a moderator on their smartphone addiction. It was revealedthat the perception to be social softened the relation between authoritarian parental attitude andsmartphone addiction. Furthermore, students experienced less smartphone addiction when theirperception of feeling social and democratic parental attitudes were taken together. A negative andsignificant relation was found between democratic and authoritarian parental attitudes andsmartphone addiction. A positive and significant relation was established between protective parentalattitude and smartphone addiction. The results have important implication for research and practicein the context of university students. Keywords:smartphone addiction, parental attitudes, socio-demographic factors, university students