CELL PHONE ADDICTION IN CHILDREN AND ITS IMPACTS ON THEIR PSYCHOLOGY: A COGNITIVE ANALYSIS OF CHILDREN IN PAKISTAN

Abstract

During last two decades, the adoption of mobile phones among the masses has become three-fold. As compared to other communication technologies, mobile phones or smartphones have been adopted by the masses in a huge number. Moreover, the smartphones serve as more than just a communication tool. The study explores the Psychological impact of mobile phone usage on the children and adolescents using the survey technique with the simple random sampling approach aimed at the 200 respondents from the commonality. The questionnaire was purported to investigate the parental opinions regarding the children's smartphone usage and to find out the Psychological, social, health check and the behavioral changes drawn from the mobile usage in children up to the age of 18 years. The study reveals useful information regarding all the issues the children are exposed to due to excessive
mobile use