The problematic use of mobile phones and its negative consequences among young adults in selected areas of community at Gurugram, Haryana

Ms. Amrita; Ms. Sharma P; Prof. Taneja K

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

The problematic use of mobile phones and its negative consequences among young adults in selected areas of community at Gurugram, Haryana

Ms. Amrita, Ms. Sharma P, Prof. Taneja K

Abstract :

Cell phones had started out as a gadget for adults, but they have now become a necessity for the entire family. At present, India has 391 million cell phone users. Mobile phone overuse (mobile–phone addiction, problem mobile phone use, or mobile phone dependency) is a dependence syndrome seen among certain mobile phone users. The present study aimed to assess the problematic use, the negative consequences among young adults in selected areas of community and to find out the correlation between problematic use of mobile phones and negative consequences with selected demo graphic variables. The results showed that all the young adults (96%) were having moderate level of problematic usage of mobile phone(62%) of young adults were having moderate level of negative consequences of mobile phone usage. There was a positive correlation between problematic use of mobile phone and its negative consequences among young adults.