Mobile phone ependency and mental health problems in university students
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2015
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UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
Abstract
The aim of this research was to find out the relationship Mobile Phone Dependence and Mental Health Problems in University Students. The study was carried out with three scales; three scales were like Test of Mobile Phone Dependency Scale (TMPDS), Text Message Dependency Scale (TMDS) and Mental Health Problem Scale (MHPS). The study sample comprising of 250 students in which 124 were boys and 126 were girls. The age ranges were between 18-25 years old. Test of Mobile Phone Dependency Scale (TMPDS), was used to find out the mobile phone dependency whereas text message dependency scale was used to explore text message dependency. Third scale was mental health problem scale and that was used to find the mental health problems in university students. Findings suggest that there is a positive relationship between Mobile phone dependence and mental health problems in university students whereas there is significant positive relationship between text message dependency and mental health problems in university students. Gender difference also highlighted from the findings and Findings suggested that girls have more mental health problems as compared to boys. It also shows from the results that girls use more text messages and they had dependent behavior as compared to boys
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Supervisor: Dr. Zahid Mahmood
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MS Thesis, Mobile phone dependence, Mental health problems, University students