USE OF MOBILE PHONE AMONG THE SCHOOL GOING ADOLESCENTS AND ITS EFFECT ON THEIR PSYCHO-SOCIAL ASPECTS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56815/IRJAHS/2024.V3I2.11-15

Abstract

Since the last two decades, the risk factor of various diseases has spiked up among the children and adolescents, which has an immediate alliance to the increased use of smartphones. Previously children used to lag behind their adults for possession of smartphones, but with ease of accessibility in succeeding years, smartphone ownership among teens has jumped to 72% with unnecessary prolonged screen time durations. The objective of this literature review was to highlight and refresh the slow poisoning effects of the smartphones in our younger generation due to its compelling traits which make them use it for a long time carelessly. Social media adolescence affects child’s quality and quantity of sleep, attention span, academic performance and their psycho-social aspect (maurya and et. al, 2014). In now days many students are using different social media, like internet, mobile phone, television and other mass media methods as a parts of daily activity chores.