فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Mobile phones are one of the excellent gifts of technology in the 21st century, whichis most popular among adolescents. Today, mobile phones have infinite resources that have multiplebenefits and applications. Its excessive use may impact adolescents in the form of behavioral changesand diminish the academic performance. This study explores the relationship between mobile phoneusage with behavioral modifications and educational achievement among adolescents.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A descriptive correlational study was conducted amongadolescents (n = 285 –male‑210, female‑75) at selected schools of Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.The test of mobile dependence was used to assess the mobile phone dependence, and a behavioralLikert scale to evaluate the behavioral changes through the self‑report method. The academicperformance was observed by school records; percentage of the last two examination results wasconsidered. Collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.RESULTS: The study shows that 156 (54.70%) participants had a low mobile dependency,191 (67%) participants had negative behavioral changes, and 125 (43.90%) participants had shownreduced academic performance due to overuse of the mobile phone. A significant relationshipwas seen between mobile phone dependency with behavioral changes (P < 0.001) and academicachievement (P < 0.035) seen among adolescents. Regression analysis predicted 49% of thedifferences among adolescents with selected variables due to the overuse of mobile phones.CONCLUSION: The study concluded that mobile dependency changes adolescent’s behavior aswell as reduces their academic performance due to the overuse of the mobile phone.