Combating mobile phone addiction in children through homoeopathy

I explored the relationships among shyness, loneliness, and cell phone dependence (CPD) in college students, with a special focus on the mediating effect of loneliness in the relationship between shyness and CPD. Participants were 593 students recruited from a college in Henan, China, and they completed the Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale, the UCLA Loneliness Scale–Short Form, and the Mobile Phone Addiction Index. The results show that shyness was significantly correlated with both loneliness and CPD, and that loneliness partially mediated the effect of shyness on CPD. These findings shed light on how shyness predicts CPD and have implications for preventing CPD in college students.

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Development and Validation of the Mobile Phone Addiction Scale for Adolescents

Korean Journal of Health Psychology ◽

10.17315/kjhp.2009.14.3.002 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 497-510 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

강희양 ◽

ChongNak Son

Keyword(s):

Mobile Phone ◽

Mobile Phone Addiction ◽

Development And Validation

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Whatsapp addiction: assessing pattern of Whatsapp usage and its impact on medical students at U.P.U.M.S., Saifai, Etawah, India

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20192312 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (6) ◽

pp. 2505

Author(s):

Nishant Singh ◽

Naresh Pal Singh ◽

Pradip Kharya ◽

Sushil Shukla ◽

Vaibhav Singh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Medical Students ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Medical Science ◽

Uttar Pradesh ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Usage Pattern ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Mobile Phone Addiction ◽

Structured Questionnaire

Background: Mobile phone addiction is the compulsive use of a mobile phone by youth across the world. A new kind of health disorder in this category among smartphone users is “Whatsapp addiction”. Medical students are also affected by this high smartphone engagement.Methods: It was a cross sectional study, which was conducted among M.B.B.S. students of Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Science, Saifai, Etawah, India. All the M.B.S.S. students willing to participate and present at the time of the study included. The data was collected by using pre designed semi-structured questionnaire. Proforma included socio demographic profile, usage pattern and its impact.Results: This study revealed that most of the participants are males (60.75%). Approximately 54% participants felt that their concentration has been reduced due to Whatsapp use, 43.6% participants experienced strain/diminution of vision and 38.4% participants perceived that their physical activity has been reduced due to Whatsapp use.Conclusions: Whatsapp overuse affects the study duration, concentration, physical activity and sleep.

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