MOBILE PHONE DEPENDENCY AND SELFESTEEM AMONG ADOLESCENTS (original) (raw)
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Present study is aimed at recording mobile use pattern of both male and female students of undergraduate college in the city of Calcutta and Howrah. The level of their self esteem and subjective wellbeing was examined and an attempt was made to establish a relationship between their mobile use behaviour and above mentioned psychological characteristics. Findings suggest though there is no significant relation between the levels of self esteem and mobile use pattern; subjective wellbeing has a significant negative correlation with amount of time spent for talking through mobile phones. Also, there is a tendency to use the device while travelling.
International journal of applied research, 2017
Title: "The mobile phone dependency and its relation with physical health and social life problem among adolescents" Purpose: To assess the mobile dependency among adolescents and to assess the physical health problems and social problems among adolescents. Material and methods: In order to achieve the desired objectives of the study quantitative research approach with non-experimental co relational survey design was adopted for the present study. Using non-probability purposive sampling 100 adolescents were enrolled for the study. Data collection was accomplished by using tool comprised of structured knowledge questionnaire four sections (section-1demographic data, section-2-Modified standardized structured questionnaire on mobile dependency, section-3 and 4-self structured questionnaire on social and physical problems). Data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Findings related to Mobile phone dependency: Majority 62(62%) subjects are mildly mobile dependent, 33(33%) subjects are moderately mobile phone dependent and 5(5%) subjects are severely mobile phone dependent. Findings related to Physical health problems: 1. From the findings of the present study it is evident that 33% are having earache, 37% are having sound in ear and 30% are having hotness on the ear due to excessive use of mobile phones. 2. Majority 48% subjects are having eye irritation due to long term use of mobile phone, 30% are having blurred vision and 22% are having redness of eyes. 3. Maximum of subjects 57% are having thumb pain, 22% are having tingling sensation and 21% are having hotness of palms. 4. Majority 54% subjects are having awake up due to phone alarm, 19% are delayed go to sleep and 27% are having problem with decrease sleep due to long term use of mobile phone. 5. 59% of the adolescents are having shoulder pain, 18% are having neck pain, 12% are facing back pain problem and 11% are facing other problems. Findings related to Social life problems: The findings of the present study suggested that majority 61% of the adolescents are having moderate social life problem, 32% are having mild social life problems and 7% are having severe social life problems. It is also evident from the present study that there is a positive co relation (r=0.566528) between mobile phone dependency and social life problems. Finding related to association findings of mobile phone dependency with demographic variable: There is a significant association between age, the time spent per day for using mobile phone and 10 th std examination result and mobile phone dependency (p=<0.05). Conclusion: Mobile phone dependency is increasing day by day among adolescents and the dependency level is ranging from mild to moderate. The adolescents are suffering from many eye and ear problems due to excessive use of mobile as well as they are getting socially detached. The teachers and parents should take this with a serious note and guidance and counseling session to be organized to make the adolescents aware about the ill effect of mobile phones in their life.
International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 2016
Background: Mobile phones have penetrated into the lives of common man to the extent of becoming one of the basic necessities for surviving in this modern world. Apart from the health effects of radiation from handsets, concerns have been raised over the behavioural effect of using mobile phones, especially among younger generation. Problematic mobile phones use (PMU) may be considered an addiction-like behaviour related to an individual's mobile phone use. Methods: A study was conducted among 1108 college students in the age group of 18-25 years to find the prevalence of PMU using a uni-dimensional problematic mobile phone use scale (PMUS) developed by the authors. The prevalence of PMU among the college students was 26.8% and it was related with psychological distress and other predictor variables using statistical analysis. Results: Psychological distress was present among 5.8% and lower self-esteem using was present among 13.2% of the participants. The mean score of GHQ among problematic mobile phone users was 10.14 (±4.87) whereas the score among Normal users was 7.85 (±3.42). A significant cross-sectional association was found in between problematic mobile phone use and psychological distress, lower self-esteem, gender, smartphone use, multiple chatting applications, committed relationship status, relationship with mother and frequency of mobile phone use. Conclusions: Health education is required for increasing awareness about PMU among the college students. Further research should be undertaken and factors related to PMU may be considered for intervention.
IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS), 2017
Mobile phone is a new technological tool in the field of communication, use of which may involve risk of abuse and addictive behaviour. In recent years there is an increase in prevalence of mobile phone dependence among younger population. Objective:To assess mobile phone dependence and self-perceived effects among medical students. Methodology:A descriptive cross-sectional study was done among 200 MBBS students during May 2016. Modified Mobile Phone Dependence Questionnaire (MPDQ) with 20 items each with ratings 0, 1, 2, and 3with total scores ranging from 0 to 60 was used for assessing dependence. The questionnaire was self-administered after taking informed consent. Subjects with scores in the highest quartile were put in the high-dependence category. Epi-data version 3.1 and SPSS version 16 used for data entry and analysis. Results:Among 200 MBBS students aged 17 to 24 years, 38.5% were males, 61.5% were females and 38%day scholars,62% hostellers. Mean score for mobile phone dependence was19.62±7.84 and high dependence was seen in 26% subjects. Self-attribution of mobile phone dependence was seen in 51%. Self-perceived effects observed were eyestrain (51%),headache(38.5%),sleep disturbances(33%), anxiety(25.5%) academic disturbances(27.5%), problems in relationships(7%),accidents etc. Conclusion:There is need to create awareness regarding mobile phone dependence and its physical and psychosocial effects.
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The mobile phone users in students are increased dramatically. Unfortunately, excessive use of mobile phone could cause addiction. The addiction to mobile phone affecting the personal and social life of students. Therefore, authors decided to identify the effect of cognitive-behavioral counseling interventions on self-esteem and the tendency of mobile phone addiction in students of Vocational School 1 Muhammadiyah Semarang. Participants in the pretest were 120 students. This study used a quasi-experiment method, pretest-posttest control group design involving 12 students, randomly divided to experiment (6 students) and control group (6 students). The samples were selected using purposive sampling with low self-esteem criteria and a high tendency for mobile phone addiction. The MANCOVA test results proved that cognitive-behavioral counseling had an effect on self-esteem (F1.8=265.28; ηp2=0.963; p<0.001), and the tendency of mobile phone addiction (F1.8=1115.90; ηp2=0.973; p<0.0...
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The study was conducted to assess the level of addiction and attitude towards mobile phone use among students of a selected college – Chennai. The overall aim of the study is to find out the various aspects of mobile phone addiction, and the level of mobile phone addiction and attitude towards mobile phone use among the students in a selected college. The objectives of the study were to assess the level of mobile phone addiction among college students, to assess the attitude of college students towards mobile phones, to assess the correlation between the level of addiction and attitude towards mobile phone use among the college students, to associate the level of addiction of college students to mobile phone use with the demographic variables and to associate the attitude of college students towards mobile phone use with demographic variables. The conceptual framework was developed based on NOLA J PENDER'S HPM (1982). CV for the tool has been obtained from experts. The reliability of the tool is 0.89 for addiction and 0.96 for attitude. After the pilot study the data collection procedure proceeded. The study was conducted in Loyola College of arts and science, Chennai. The data collected from the subjects were analyzed using descriptive (Frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation), 't' test and inferential (chi square) statistical methods. The study showed that 73(52.1%) of them had moderate addiction, 57(40.7%) of them had mild addiction and 10(7.1%) of them had severe addiction. showed that 107 (76.4%) of sample had moderately favourable attitude, 30 (21.4%) of sample had favourable attitude and 3 (2.1%) had unfavourable attitude towards mobile phone use. The 'r' value 0.02 shows there is weak positive correlation between the level of addiction and attitude and the 'p' value of 0.86 shows there is no significant correlation between mobile phone addiction and attitude. There is significant association between the demographic variables such as year of study, type of mobile phone currently using, hours of usage of mobile phones per day, number of mobile phones currently using, number of sim cards currently using and the level of addiction to mobile phone. It indicates that mobile phone addiction among college students is influenced by the type of mobile phone, the hours of usage per day, number of mobile phones and number of sim cards used. The study concluded that more than half of the college students had moderate level of mobile phone addiction and two third of students had moderately favourable attitude towards mobile phone use.