BACKGROUND Depression is a common mental disorder that is widely seen among adolescents suffering from mobile phone addiction. While it is well known that both positive emtions in adolescents wiotions and social support can have a positive impact by helping individuals to maintain a positive attitude, the correlation between positive emotions, social support, and depression among these adolesce...

BACKGROUND With regard to large number of mobile users especially among college students in Iran, addiction to mobile phone is attracting increasing concern. There is an urgent need for reliable and valid instrument to measure this phenomenon. This study examines validity and reliability of the Persian version of mobile phone addiction scale (MPAIS) in college students. MATERIALS AND METHODS ...

Nowadays due to technological advance and its direct impact on the quality of human life, addressing the issue of health and its determinants is very important. Maintaining public health is one of the most fundamental issues in each community. The aim of the study was to survey relationship between dependence on modern communication tools (internet and mobile phones) and psychological well-bein...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Likening mobile phone use dependency to the classification of excessive behaviors may be necessarily equivalent in seriousness to previously established addictions such as problematic computing or excessive gambling. The aim of the study explores into the behavior of excessive use of mobile phones as a pathological behavior. METHODS Two studies investigated criteria for pr...

The Model of Structural Relationships Cyber Aggression Based on Self-Control with the Mediation Mobile Phone Addiction in Adolescents: A Descriptive Study

Background While research supports the effectiveness of continuing care in addiction treatment, the field has historically offered little ongoing support to patients (whether outside of clinic walls during treatment or after patients complete treatment). Mobile technology may make it possible to provide both self-management help and continuing care more widely. This paper seeks to explore the f...

The Pattern of Structural Relationships Mobile Phone Addiction in Male Students Based on Negative Excitement and Boredom Proneness with the Mediating Role Self-Monitoring: A Descriptive Study