On the relationship between loneliness and social support and cell phone addiction among students

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The present study aimed to examine the relationship between loneliness and social support and addiction to cell phone among students. This was a descriptive-correlational study in which 250 male and female fourth grade high school students studying in Khash in January 2015 were selected using stratified random sampling and were assessed applying three standard questionnaires of Mobile Phone Addiction, Loneliness, and Social Support. To analyze the collected data, the Pearson correlation coefficient and simultaneous multiple regression analysis were applied using SPSS version 21. The results indicated that the mean scores of students, considering loneliness and cell phone addiction, were higher than the theoretical mean and regarding social support, their mean was lower than the theoretical mean which was considered 3. The results of correlation coefficient demonstrated that there was a significant positive relationship between loneliness and cell phone addiction (P<0.001) and there was a negative significant correlation between social support and cell phone addiction (P<0.001). The results of regression analysis revealed that among components of loneliness, family and social loneliness and among components of social support, family support were the best predictors of students’ addiction to cell phone. Therefore, it is recommended that schools hold some sessions through which the necessity of creating friendly and intimate relations with teenagers be raised and parents become aware of the risks of teenagers’ indiscriminate use of the Internet. Additionally, it is suggested that families, despite their various work and life concerns, spend more time with their children and support them by all means.

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