Mobile Phone Addiction: Examining the Impact of Mobile Usage

This report examines the increasing issue of mobile phone addiction, drawing on insights from five journal articles. The abstract highlights that excessive mobile phone use can lead to mental and physical health issues, particularly among young people. The report analyzes research on the link between internet and mobile phone addiction, cognitive failures, and mental health. It explores whether excessive mobile phone use can be considered a behavioral addiction, the prevalence of mobile phone dependence in adolescents, and the relationship between mobile phone addiction and sleep quality. The report also discusses the impact of social networking on smartphones and its connection to addiction, highlighting the need for awareness and intervention to mitigate the negative effects of excessive mobile phone use on individuals and society.

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Abstract
This paper has been written to present various ideas based on five different journals on the
topic of increasing addiction of mobile phones. All the five journals have confirmed that
excessive usage pattern has is capable of causing fatal mental and physical illness. The young
generation is suffering mostly with the dependence syndrome with such digital devices and
along with accessibility smart technological innovations, internet usage has also become an
addition among them.

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Hadlington, L. J. (2015). Cognitive failures in daily life: Exploring the link with Internet
addiction and problematic mobile phone use. Computers in Human Behavior, 51, 75-
81.
This journal article is based on an online survey aims to explore the possible
consequences of addictive use of internet and mobile phones. This paper has also established
a link between excessive usage of internet and problematic pattern of using mobile phones,
which has been proven as the major reason behind disturbed mental health. All the 210
virtual respondents have been using internet and smart phones over a period of four years and
on average, weekly every individual spends almost 22 hours using mobile phones. People
tend to be extrovert and possess comparatively lower self-esteem if they are highly addictive
to mobile phones.
Higher level of anxiety and insomnia are some of the bad effects of problematic use
of smart phones and internet. To conclude, the culture of using digital media is increasing as
people has become dependable on devices for communication, socializing and entertainment.
Attention issues in daily life if cannot be mitigated entirely, a controlled lifestyle can
minimize such errors.
Billieux, J., Maurage, P., Lopez-Fernandez, O., Kuss, D. J., & Griffiths, M. D. (2015). Can
disordered mobile phone use be considered a behavioral addiction? An update on
current evidence and a comprehensive model for future research. Current Addiction
Reports, 2(2), 156-162.
This article works on finding if the excessive use of mobile phones can be regarded as
behavioural addiction. The paper has highlighted how Asian and European countries have
initiated the use of digital aids for satisfying business needs. As a positive consequence, it has
noted contribution of technology in developing disease management and simultaneously it

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has negative effect on health of individuals if it is being used addictively, while driving or
used in prohibited areas. Besides, rate of cyber-crimes among young generation is also
increasing.
The paper concludes with a warning that if necessary measures are not taken
immediately, the rate of traffic accidents will raise and the addictive use will invite fatal
health problems.
Nikhita, C. S., Jadhav, P. R., & Ajinkya, S. A. (2015). Prevalence of mobile phone
dependence in secondary school adolescents. Journal of clinical and diagnostic
research: JCDR, 9(11), VC06.
This journal focuses on increasing use of mobile phones among students and the way
they are being victim of several physical and psychological consequences. The addictive
symptoms among students in their adolescent stage are termed as dependence syndrome.
Based on responses from English medium school students, it has been found more than 30%
of them are addicted to their personal device.
Young users are consistently affecting their health, using headphones for longer
hours. Talking to unknown people increases chance of cyber-bullying or crime and teachers
are marking them as poor performers due to their lack of attention in classes.
Sahin, S., Ozdemir, K., Unsal, A., & Temiz, N. (2013). Evaluation of mobile phone addiction
level and sleep quality in university students. Pakistan journal of medical
sciences, 29(4), 913.
Above mentioned paper researches to determine the level of addiction among the
university students. A relationship between digital addiction and insomnia or sleep quality
has found as well. With the development of technology, use of such devices has become key
to regular problems. On the contrary, it is the root of several new issues in social life. Finding

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suggests that sleep quality degrades if someone uses mobile phones more than 5 hours in a
day. Conclusion has been drawn stating the relationship between sleep quality and mobile
addiction level is directly proportional. In order to make a difference to current scenario,
occasional diagnosis, advancing health care facilities and generating awareness among
student are perceived to be helpful.
Salehan, M., & Negahban, A. (2013). Social networking on smartphones: When mobile
phones become addictive. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(6), 2632-2639.
This paper also discusses about addiction of using mobile phones among young generation
and its relation with developed business of online social networking sites. With the
development of technology, smart devices and access to unlimited internet usage is leading
towards addiction to social media channels. Researchers have identified it as one of the
reasons of degrading public health, academic performance and self-centred.
To conclude, the study has supported the warnings of side effects associated with addictive
and problematic use of mobile phones. Besides, this paper has been prepared to draw
attention of academic institutions, governing bodies and NGOs towards this growing global
trend.

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References
Billieux, J., Maurage, P., Lopez-Fernandez, O., Kuss, D. J., & Griffiths, M. D. (2015). Can
disordered mobile phone use be considered a behavioral addiction? An update on
current evidence and a comprehensive model for future research. Current Addiction
Reports, 2(2), 156-162.
Hadlington, L. J. (2015). Cognitive failures in daily life: Exploring the link with Internet
addiction and problematic mobile phone use. Computers in Human Behavior, 51, 75-
81.
Nikhita, C. S., Jadhav, P. R., & Ajinkya, S. A. (2015). Prevalence of mobile phone
dependence in secondary school adolescents. Journal of clinical and diagnostic
research: JCDR, 9(11), VC06.
Sahin, S., Ozdemir, K., Unsal, A., & Temiz, N. (2013). Evaluation of mobile phone addiction
level and sleep quality in university students. Pakistan journal of medical
sciences, 29(4), 913.
Salehan, M., & Negahban, A. (2013). Social networking on smartphones: When mobile
phones become addictive. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(6), 2632-2639.