• Dr. Geetha. A

The aim was to study pro-social tendencies and aggression among college students with and without smart phone addiction. The objective was to study the difference in pro-social tendencies and aggression between college students with and without smart phone addiction. The sample consisted of male and female college students pursuing their degree course in government and private colleges, aged between 18 and 21 years. A between group design with purposive sample was opted for the study. The college students were administered General Health Questionnaire to rule out probable case of pathology and then students below the cutoff score on General Health Questionnaire were administered the Short Version of Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS-SV) and individuals with and without smart phone addiction on this scale were considered for the study. Further both the groups were administered Pro-social Tendencies Measure and Aggression Scale. ‘t’ test was computed to study the significant difference in the mean scores on the Pro-social Tendencies Measure and Aggression scale between college students with and without smart phone addiction. The results indicated that the pro-social tendencies were significantly low and the aggression was significantly high among the college students with smart phone addiction than the college students without smart phone addiction. Over all the study shows that though smart phones have a major role to play among the college students but over exposure to smart phone reduces pro-social tendencies and increases the aggressive behavior among college students.

Aggression, College Students, Pro-Social Tendencies and Smart Phone Addiction

"Pro-social Tendencies and Aggression among College Students with Smart Phone Addiction", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.22-37, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904X05.pdf

"Pro-social Tendencies and Aggression among College Students with Smart Phone Addiction", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp22-37, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904X05.pdf