• Vinitha Precilla Cabral
• David Maria Selvam

The young people in the age group of 10-24 year in India comprises one of the precious wealth of India considered by growth and development and is a stage of susceptibility often predisposed by several intrinsic and extrinsic factors that affect their overall health and safety. Mental health problems have significant repercussions for every feature of young people’s lives including their proficiency to engage with education, make and keep friends, have constructive family and peer relationships. Adolescents have unique characteristics and it is different from any other age groups. It is estimated that around 20% of the world’s adolescents have a mental health or behavioural problem. Upto 50% of mental, behavioural and psychological problems have their onset during adolescence period. There is growing evidence of increased psychological problems in adolescents especially behaviour problems and suicides. Academic stress is one such problem, the adolescents face in life which may lead to various issues and addiction. This in turn, affects them in their personal life, social life and in their education. The present study investigated the Mobile Phone Addiction as a mediating factor between Loneliness and Academic Stress among Adolescents. The convenience sampling method was used and the sample size was 106 adolescents from the state of Tamil Nadu. The data was analyzed using mediation analysis in statistical package for social sciences (SPSS 17). The results revealed that Mobile Phone Addiction Mediates between Loneliness and Academic Stress among Adolescents. The implications of the results are discussed.

Mobile Phone Addiction, Loneliness, Academic Stress, Adolescents

"Mobile Phone Addiction as a mediating factor between Loneliness and Academic Stress among Adolescents", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.532-541, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901770.pdf

"Mobile Phone Addiction as a mediating factor between Loneliness and Academic Stress among Adolescents", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp532-541, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901770.pdf