Name: Vaishali Dayora
Country: India

Year: 2018
Volume: Volume-3, Issue-1 (January-June)
Page Number: 31-37

The smartphone has many attractive attributes and characteristics that could make it highly addictive, particularly in adolescents. The adolescents used mobile messengers for the longest, followed by Internet surfing, gaming, and social networking service use. It is becoming an serious issue of mobile addiction among adolescents and its consequent impact on their health and personality not only in a global context, but also specifically in the Indian population; considering that Smartphone's, globally occupy more than 50% of mobile phones market and more precise quantification of the associated problems is important to facilitate understanding in this field. Smartphone addiction among Indian teens can not only damage interpersonal skills, but also it can lead to significant negative health risks and harmful psychological effects on Indian adolescents.
Key Words: Mobile phone additction, Mobile phone abuse, Adoloscents, Health