Specifying the Effective Factors in Addiction to the Cell Phone

M.Niazi[1]

F.Ghandi[2]

M. J.Samaninejad[3]

Abstract:

Since the last decade, due to its multimedia services cell phone has prevailed and been considered as the extraction of the world^’s communication technology. In this regard, the phenomenon of addiction to the cell phone has been pail attention to by the thinkers and researchers as the most common consequences of the cell phone due to its being comprehensive, multi media, having various functions and being attractive. The main goal of this study is considering the relationship between each one of below factors and the rate of addiction to the cell phone in the studied statistical society.

Feeling to be alone and depressed; b. tendency toward opposite sex and c. the young s participation this study is a kind of social survey and its data is gathered by questionnaire and interview. The validity and reliability of the scales for measuring the variables of the study is considered and confirmed by Cronbach alpha coefficient. The statistical society consists of all of the high school boy and girl students in kashan city in the school year of 2011- 2012. 400 students has been assigned as the samples have been chosen studied by the simple random sampling and fitting class method. The findings of the study and the results of the related statistical activities show that the relationship between each factors of feeling to be alone and depressed, tendency toward the opposite to the cell phone is 99% accurate.

Also, the results of regression analysis and tracing analysis have shown that the effect of each variable of relationship with the opposite sex, depression and feeling alone on the rate of addiction to the cell phone is 35%, 21% and 15% respectively.

Key word: addiction to the cell phone, feeling to be alone, participation, students.