A study of psychological well-being and life satisfaction among students with high mobile phone usage

Pages: 1882-1886
S. Azra Tabassum (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)
Asma Parveen (Department of Psychology Womens College Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)

Mobile phone has made a drastic transition from modest communication device to a more sophisticated smart device. In today’s era of technological world, the mobile phones have contributed a lot by making the life of the individuals smooth and easy. In spite of having positive outcomes of the mobile phone use, there are negative consequences also. And now it has become the part of each and every person that also affects them through several ways. In this study, the data was collected from both male and female students (F=45 & M=45). The aim of the present investigation is to see the relationship of mobile phone usage with the young students’ psychological well-being and life satisfaction. The Problematic Use of Mobile Phone Scale (PUMP), developed by Merlo, Stone, and Bibbey (2013); Ryff’s Psychological well-being Scale (Ryff, 1995); and The Satisfaction with Life Scale, developed by Diener, Emmons, Larsen, and Griffin (1985) were used to gather the data. For the purpose of data analysis t-test and Pearson Product Moment of Correlation were calculated. The findings of the research investigation indicated that as the use of the mobile phone increases, the psychological well-being of the students’ decreases and they have low level of life satisfaction.