Year: 2024 | Month: February | Volume: 14 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 106-117
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20240214
A Study to Assess the Various Factors and Hazards Related to Mobile phone Addiction Among the Adolescents of different schools in Delhi
Kapila
Nursing Officer, Kalawati Saran Children Hospital, New Delhi
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Cell phone addiction has many negative effects on people's health in various ways, not only physically or biologically, but also socially or economically. Teenagers are more inclined to use cell phones to do activities not only to communicate but to many others like study, play, have fun, Google searches etc.
Methodology: The study was conducted in five government and five private schools in New Delhi. The sample size was 500 adolescents (250 from government schools and 250 from private schools). The tool consisted of a structured questionnaire.
Results: ‘t’ value was found significant at 0.05 level of significance in the area of the scores of physical hazards and psychological hazards related to mobile phone addiction between private school and government school; the scores of psychological hazards related to mobile phone addiction between male and female; the scores of physical hazards related to mobile phone addiction between secondary class and higher secondary class.
‘t’ value was found non-significant at 0.05 level of significance in the area of the scores of physical hazards related to mobile phone addiction between male and female; the scores of psychological hazards related to mobile phone addiction between secondary class and higher secondary class; the scores of physical hazards and psychological hazards related to mobile phone addiction between simple mobile phone users and smart phone users.
Conclusion: The study concluded that there was a difference of physical hazards related to mobile phone addiction among adolescents between government and private school; secondary and higher secondary class. While no difference was found between male and female: simple mobile phone users and smart phone users. Difference was found of psychological hazards related to mobile phone addiction among adolescents between government and private school; and male and female. While no difference was found between secondary and higher secondary class: simple mobile phone users and smart phone users.
Key words: Factors of mobile phone addiction, physical hazards of mobile phone addiction, psychological hazards of mobile phone addiction, Mobile phone addiction, Adolescents.