An exploratory study to assess the impact of mobile phone use on adolescents studying in selected schools of district Solan, Himachal Pradesh
Technology plays a major role in the life of an individual. In the present scenario, our society is acceptable to all the changes occurring in the field of communication technology. In today’s time adolescents are the most active users of these new innovations making them more technology dependent and leading to various health problems. To assess the pattern of mobile phone use among adolescents. To explore the impact of mobile phone use on adolescents. The exploratory research design was adopted.to collect the data from 398 adolescents of the selected schools of District Solan (H.P.) using the probability stratified cluster sampling technique. Data was collected by Mobile Phone Use Questionnaire and 4-point Likert scale using the self-report technique. Data analysis was done through descriptive and inferential statistics. The study results showed that the majority of adolescents (73.1%) were using mobile phones with internet access. 70.3 % of adolescents there was a moderate impact of mobile phone use, 23.4% had a mild impact and 6.3% had a severe impact. There was a highly significant association of education, gender, father’s education, and father’s and mother’s occupation; a number of siblings with the impact of mobile phone use at p >0.01 level of significance. There was a strong positive correlation of the impact of the mobile phone use with the academic performance, physical, psychological, social wellbeing and the financial state of adolescents at p> 0.01 level of significance. The results of the present study reveal that the negative impact of mobile phone use among adolescents is high so there is a need to put more emphasis on this area and possible strategies should be planned out in order to reduce this harmful effect of technology on youth.
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