Investigating smartphone addiction among senior secondary school students

The present study is based on the smartphone addiction which is an emerging problem of the current time. Our youth is getting distracted due to excessive use of smartphones nowadays. The study aimed to find out the significant difference of smartphone addiction among senior secondary school students with respect to their gender (i.e. male and female); type of schools (i.e. government and private); streams (i.e. science, arts and commerce); type of families (i.e. joint and nuclear); and social category (i.e. general and scheduled castes). Tool used to collect the data was smartphone addiction scale developed by Dr. Vijayshri and Dr. Masaud Ansari. The sample consisted of 200 senior secondary school students, out of which 100 were males and 100 were females. Collected data was analyzed through mean, standard deviation and t-test. The results revealed that there was no significant difference in the smartphone addiction among senior secondary school students in relation to their gender (male and female), stream (i.e. science and commerce; arts and commerce), type of family (i.e. joint and nuclear), social category (general and scheduled castes). While there was a significant difference in the smartphone addiction among senior secondary school students in relation to their type of school (i.e. government and private) and stream (science and commerce). It was suggested that schools should integrate digital literacy into the curriculum which can educate students about the responsible use of smartphones highlighting potential risks of addiction.