Author(s)

Mohammad-Hossein Biglu¹, Hossein Dadashzadeh², Fariba Lotfi³, Abdolrasoul Safaiyan^4*

¹Department of Basic Sciences, Paramedical Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
²Razi Psychiatry Hospital, Tabriz, Iran.
³Tabriz Health Management Services Center, Tabriz, Iran.
⁴Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

The purpose of current study was to investigate the relationship between the approval-motivation, feeling loneliness, self-screening and respecting on social norms), and its effects on overuse of cellular-phone in Persian speaking students in Iran. A total number of 448 students (224 male and 224 female) were selected randomly from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in Iran during September 2015-February 2016. For gathering data, we designed a researcher-made questionnaire for determining the practice, knowledge and attitude of university students regarding to the impact of inside senses (the approval-motivation, feeling loneliness, self-screening and respecting on social norms) on overuse of cell-phone. Data were analyzed with the software package of SPSS (version 23). Results showed that the studied parameters regarding to the dependence on cell-phone had statistically significant differences in terms of gender, age, faculty, education-grades, semester, and residence. There was also a statistical correlation between the approval-motivation, feeling loneliness, self-screening and respecting on social norms and over use of cell-phone. Among the demographic characteristics, approval motivation was only associated with gender.

Addiction, Cell-Phone-Phone, Approval Motivation, Students

Biglu, M. , Dadashzadeh, H. , Lotfi, F. and Safaiyan, A. (2017) Relationship between Dependency on Cell-Phone and the Inside Senses (Approval-Motivation, Feeling Loneliness, Self-Screening and Respecting Social Norms) in Students. Open Access Library Journal, 4, 1-9. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1103313.