Smartphone Addiction in Relation to Alienation and Depression Among Adolescents

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to study smartphone addiction and its relationship with alienation and depression among adolescents. Survey method conducted on 200 adolescents studying in government and self-financed schools of Jammu and Kathua. Data collection instruments were Smart phone addiction scale by Vijayshri and Masaud Ansari (2021), Facebook Usage Scale by Madhuri Hooda and Ankur Tyagi (2017), Mental Depression scale by Veenita Sharma (2019) and Alienation Scale by Jasbir Kaur and Gurmit Singh (2016).  Pearson’s coefficient of correlation was used to find out the relationship between variables. Regression was used to find out the conjoint effect between the variables. The results of the study indicate that smart phone addiction is positively and significantly correlated with alienation and depression among adolescents. The findings of the study further indicate that alienation and depression would contribute towards the prediction of smartphone addiction of adolescents both independently as well as conjointly.