MINDFULNESS BASED INTERVENTION FOR MANAGING PROBLEMATIC USAGE OF MOBILE PHONES
Journal Title: GJRA-Global Journal For Research Analysis - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 6
Abstract
Mobile phone being considered an “affective technology” is deeply connected to the emotional lives of users and is a powerful tool in Cyber Psychology. With widespread globalisation, mobile phone addiction has been on the rise in a developing country like India [1]. However, very little scientic research has been done on the effectiveness of various forms of psychological intervention for the treatment of problematic mobile phone usage. In line with this, the present study aims to develop a mindfulness based module exclusively designed to address the said issue and test its efcacy among a group of at-risk late adolescents. A quasi- experimental research design, following a before-after without control paradigm was adopted. A sample of 33 undergraduate female college students between 17-19 years of age (Mage = 18 years) were purposively selected to take part in the study. The Mobile Phone Problematic Usage Questionnaire (MPPUQ)[2] was used. The target group was exposed to a ve hour session on “Mindfulness for problematic phone usage”. Repeated measures t -test was used to determine signicant changes across the scores on the three dimensions of MPPUQ (preoccupation, withdrawal symptoms and overuse of mobile phones). The results revealed signicant difference in MPPUQ scores before and after the intervention with a reduction in scores following the mindfulness based intervention (t (32) = 1.91 p<.05). It also revealed a signicant decrease in the scores on 'overuse' factor (t (32) = 2.35 p<.05) and 'Withdrawal' factor of the MPPUQ (t (32) = 1.18, p<.01).
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Nandini. J, Sarah Sruti Lal
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