• Suman Rani
• Dr. S. Victor devasirvadam

Mobile phone could be the most incredible device ever made in the consumer world. The mobile phone which started as a bulky device for voice communication has in the last 15 years, morphed into lean models with a bewildering array of features. However, among the two billion plus consumers worldwide, the prime utility of the mobile phone remains voice. The ongoing technological revolution in telephone gains momentum with the rapid diffusion of cellular phones worldwide. Wireless technology expands telephone applications by empowering people to use it anywhere and anytime. A non-experimental descriptive research design was used. To find out the Knowledge and practice of school going children regarding adverse effects of excessive use of mobile phones. 60 subjects were selected by convenient sampling technique and data was analysed and interpreted using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings suggested that school going children had moderate knowledge and moderately Good.

Mobile phone, School going children, Knowledge, Practice

"KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE REGARDING ADVERSE EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE USE OF MOBILE PHONES AMONG SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 8, page no.e704-e708, August-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2308481.pdf

"KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE REGARDING ADVERSE EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE USE OF MOBILE PHONES AMONG SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 8, page no. ppe704-e708, August-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2308481.pdf