Evaluation of threat of mobile phone – addition among Belarusian University students

• Authors: Szpakow, A , Stryzhak, A , Prokopowicz, W

Abstracts

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Introduction: The use of mobile phones has increased worldwide during the last decade, especially in adolescents. Objective: The assessment role of mobile phone in the students' life, evaluation of the mobile phone addition symptoms among the Belarusian university students. Material and Methods: The study comprised 160 students from Belarus. We used a questionnaire included the test of mobile phone addiction. Results. The majority of the students had the mobile phones. Of the students 68.8% were convinced on the harmful effects of mobile phone. Nearly 1/3 of the respondents declared that mobile phone should switch off in the theatre (30%), and in the church (33.8%). Of the students 28.8% knew a monophobia definition. Most respondents (71.9%) have never switched off their phones. Only 10.4% of the students had the symptoms of mobile phone addiction. Conclusions. Most students from Belarus were convinced on the harmful effect of the mobile phone using. Most respondents knew that mobile phone users could be addicted. Almost 1/10 of the students had the symptoms of mobile phone –addiction.

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students; mobile phone; addiction; Belarus

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku
• Journal: Progress in Health Sciences
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 96-101

Contributors

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Szpakow, A

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Stryzhak, A

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Prokopowicz, W