Investigation of the Relationship Between Mobile Phone Addiction and Physical Activity Level in Adolescents

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between mobile phone addiction and physical activity. This study was planned as a descriptive relational study. The study was carried out with 165 students in a high school located of Konya province. Adolescents'
total physical activity score average was 2267.15±1257.161. When the mobile phone ddiction of the adolescents was evaluated, the mean deprivation subscale score was 17.04±7.56, the uncontrolled subscale mean score was 14.13±5.01, the tolerance subdimension
mean score was 13.36±7.89, and the mobile phone total score mean It was found to be 44.54±18.57. A very strong negative correlation was found between mobile phone addiction and physical activity level. In our study, in which we evaluated the relationship between the physical activity level of the students and the desire to be liked, who perceive their health as bad and those who were inactive in terms of physical activity were included in the risk group.