IMPACT OF MOBILE PHONES ON PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

The invention of wireless communication is one of the greatest inventions of mankind. The mobile phones are the devices that uses wireless communication. With the passage of time mobile phones were converted into smart phones providing a lot of features to the users and thus these devices gradually became the inseparable part of peoples lives. In every sector, people started using these devices for effective outcomes, especially in the education sector. Soon, it was observed that the impact of these devices on ones life was very high. The impacts can be negative as well as positive. For the sake of validating the consequences of positive and negative impacts of mobile phones, the investigator has carried out the present study in a small region targeting especially the secondary school students of city region of Patna, Bihar. The aim of the study is to find out about the impact of mobile phones on personality development of secondary school students. The survey method was incorporated to collect the required data. Two types of questionnaires were prepared, one related to the impact of mobile phones and the other related to personality development. ANOVA, t- test and mean were the Statistical techniques used for analysing the data. As a result of analysis, it is found that there is no significant relation between impact of mobile phone and personality development of secondary school students.However it is found that 67.29% of the boys and 58.06% of the girls in the sample have average mobile impact. 76.64% of the boys and 65.58 % of the girls have average level of personality development.