scholarly journals Misuse and addiction to mobile phone in a sample of first-grade secondary school students of Palermo

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Pizzo ◽  
C Costantino ◽  
D Giliberti ◽  
I Calò ◽  
C Vella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Teenagers And Young Adults

Abstract Background Nowadays, smartphone overuse affects massively teenagers and young adults. From 2014 to 2018 in Italy, for the 11-17 years age group, there has been an increase from 79.9% to 85.8% of daily mobile phone users. This project aims to investigate usage prevalence and misuse/addiction of mobile phones in a representative sample of first-grade secondary school students of the Province of Palermo, Italy, carrying out educational interventions to promote a proper and conscious use of smartphone. Materials and Methods An anonymous, standardized and previously validated pre-intervention questionnaire consisting of 39 items on general socio-demographic characteristics, attitudes and habits regarding smartphone usage, was administered online to 10-15 years old students of the Palermo's Province. Moreover, two additional sets of 11 and 15 items contributed to calculate a Misuse and an Addiction Score, respectively. After administration, educational interventions aimed at promoting the correct and conscious use of the smartphone, were carried out. Results A total of 1600 students belonging to 16 schools, responded to the questionnaire. 93% of the sample had a personal smartphone and 84% had a personal profile on at least one social network. About 15% of the sample experienced cyber bullying episodes and 30% accessed to adult content online (38% of parents didn't set parental control on the devices). Overall, 78.3% of the sample showed a moderate to severe misuse and 38.3% a moderate to severe addiction to mobile phones. Conclusions The uncontrolled and unconscious use of smartphones among adolescents exposes to different health risks including psycho-social and cognitive-relational problems. Results obtained demonstrate high levels of misuse and addiction to mobile devices in a representative sample of students in a developed Country, suggesting the need to implement educational interventions and the development of guidelines to encourage a responsible use of smartphones. Key messages The present study highlights an uncontrolled and unconscious use of mobile phones among 11-15 years old aged students in Southern Italy. The implementation of educational intervention at school and the development of guidelines regulating smartphone usage among adolescents, should represent a future global health priority.

Mobile Phone Use In Uganda's Boarding Secondary Schools: A Case Study Of Bushenyi District

2021 ◽  
pp. 28-38
Author(s):  
Richard Merichard Twebaze
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Rural District ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Teachers And Parents

The question whether secondary school students should be allowed to use mobile phones in school remains a controversial one. In this study carried out in a rural district of Bushenyi in Uganda the researcher sought to establish the usage of mobile phones among secondary school students in boarding schools. The researcher also sought the views and opinions of students, teachers and parents about the use of mobile phones by students in the schools. The study established that despite the official ban on use of mobile phones by students in school, 34% of the students said they were aware that some students own and use mobile phones in school. It was further established that 40% of teachers said they were aware that some students owned and used phones in school while 20% of them supported the use of phones by the students. Meanwhile, 40% of the parents supported the use of mobile phones by students in school. It was noted that the battle against the use of mobile phones by students in secondary schools might soon be lost due to the increased availability and benefits associated with their use.

scholarly journals Use of Information Technology for Communication and Learning in Secondary School Students with a Hearing Disability

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Theeratorn Lersilp ◽  
Suchitporn Lersilp
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Hearing Disability ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Schools For The Deaf

Information technology (IT) is important to meet the needs of students with a hearing disability in special Thai school settings. The aim of this paper was to research the use and opinion of IT for communication and learning from students with a hearing disability in schools for the deaf. The IT in this study included information devices such as mobile phones, smartphones, and tablets. This study used the stratified random sampling method for enrolling its participants. Data collected from 192 students with a hearing disability using a self-administered questionnaires. Results found that most of these students knew about chat applications, for example, Line, Facebook, Messenger and face-to-face conversation apps. Furthermore, most of these students contacted people with hearing problems by sending messages through Facebook, Line and face-to-face applications. The main reasons why they used IT was for convenience and general conversation. A study of opinions on the use of IT by students with a hearing disability found that most of them agreed that IT equipment contributed to their participation in various activities, including conversations with their relatives and friends on social networking. Conclusion and discussions were included.

scholarly journals Developing of the Mobile Phone Training Device for Industrial Secondary School Students: Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 214-223
Author(s):  
Omar Samir Mohamed Ali ◽  
Mohsen Ahmed Mohamed Kassem El-Bendary ◽  
Mustafa Ali Rifai El-tokhy ◽  
Ibrahim Saber Abdel-Rahman Qassem
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Training Device ◽  
School Students

scholarly journals Impact Of Mobile Phone Usage On Academic Performance Among Secondary School Students In Taraba State, Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruna Rabiu ◽  
Aisha Indo Muhammed ◽  
Yunusa Umaru ◽  
Hadiza Tukur Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
School Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
Senior Secondary

This study employed survey design in investigating the influence of mobile phone usage on academic performance among secondary school student in Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria. The sample for the study was 300 respondents selected from the total population of 6,482 respondents. Stratified sampling technique was employed to select the sample. The Mobile Phone Usage Questionnaire (MPUQ) adapted from Twum (2011), Mathematic Achievement Test (MAT) and English Language Achievement test (ELAT), were the instrument used for this study. Data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, t-test and ANOVA to answer the research questions and hypotheses. The finding of this study, revealed that mobile phone usage significantly influence academic performance among male and female senior secondary school students (t = 6.113, P = 0.02), age difference was not a significant factor in mobile phone usage on academic performance among senior secondary school students (f = 6.431, P = 0.022), parent’s occupation was not a significant factor in mobile phone usage on academic performance among senior secondary school students (f = 9.005, p= 0.031) and that the frequency of mobile phone usage does not significantly influence academic performance among male and female senior secondary school students (t = 8.131, p = 0.02). It was recommended that, School psychologists, teachers, school administrators, parents and students should be sensitized on the influence of mobile phone usage on academic performance among secondary school students irrespective of gender and age differences.

scholarly journals Doxing: What Adolescents Look for and Their Intentions

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengtong Chen ◽  
Anne Cheung ◽  
Ko Chan
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Traditional Bullying ◽  
School Students ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Personally Identifiable Information

Doxing is a form of cyberbullying in which personal information on others is sought and released, thereby violating their privacy and facilitating further harassment. This study examined adolescents’ doxing participation using a representative sample of 2120 Hong Kong secondary school students. Just over one in 10 had engaged in doxing, and doxing behavior significantly increased the probability of disclosing personal information on others (odds ratio ranged between 2.705 and 5.181). Social and hostile doxing were the two most common forms of doxing. Girls were significantly more likely to conduct social doxing (χ2 = 11.84, p < 0.001), where their target was to obtain social information (χ2 = 4.79, p = 0.029), whereas boys were more likely to engage in hostile doxing aimed at obtaining personally identifiable information (χ2 = 4.31, p = 0.038) and information on others’ current living situations (χ2 = 4.17, p = 0.041). Students who had perpetrated doxing acts were more likely to have experienced information disclosure as victims, perpetrators, or bystanders. Future studies should examine doxing’s impacts and its relationship with other forms of cyberbullying and traditional bullying. Because doxing may lead to on- and off-line harassment, family, adolescents, schools, and communities must work together to develop effective approaches for combating it.

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