Impact of Mobile Addiction on Mental Health of College Students

Abstract

Mobile phone addiction has been identified as a new disorder and many studies proved and indicated its signs symptoms. Internet today is the most recent and important human technology which is widely used and its users are increasing. It is a phenomenon which still has its primary attractiveness.  Addiction to mobile phone use is an impulsive behavior which its application not only have a sense of relief for person but also gradually needs to more use due to achieve former sense of relief. In case of exclusion, isolation will be occurring. The mobile addicted users away from their friends and family are isolationist, repress age, and social priorities such as education and employment, when the phone is not available to them thin to it and suffer from its away.Thus, the present study is an attempt to study the impact of mobile phone addiction on mental health of college students.  The findings of the study further revealed that male students were more addicted as compared to female students.  The study revealed that mobile phone addiction have inverse and major impact on mental health of college students.  The fame of the mobile phones is followed by an alarm towards the detrimental effects of cell phone radiation, Fatigue, headache, decreased concentration and local irritation and burning are the major effects of excessive usage of mobile phones. Therefore, the current findings increase our understanding about the relationship between mobile phone addiction with mental health of college students. In addition, enhancing mental health levels of students may also have a preventive function for mobile phone addiction.