Krithika.M, Dr.S.Vasantha
The development and modernization of technology has made people‘s lives easier and contributed positively to social well-being so far while it has also brought about some problems and threats stemming from irresponsible use of mobile phones among teens young adults. There is a critical and pathetic state prevailing over the sky of our youth. The whole youth population or student community is passing through the chaos, disturbance and mental incapacitation. This study focuses on exploring the pattern of mobile phone usage among teens and young adults in Chennai. It also attempts to examine the extent of addictive behavior towards the usage of mobile phones Questionnaire survey method was used to elicit the responses. Higher secondary students and first year college students were considered as population and simple random sampling technique were used to select the sample of 201 students. The collected data were analyzed with the help of various tools and techniques to draw meaningful inferences and conclusion