A Case Report on Examining the Effectiveness of a Self-Management Training Program for Adolescents at High Risk of Smartphone Addiction

Abstract

Smartphone usage is indispensably beneficial to everyone and a de facto means for convenience mobility connectivity and socialization. Smartphones have rapidly penetrated peoplersquos daily lives and permanently changed their daily routines. However excessive smartphone usage has been associated with physical and psychological health problems including decreased academic performance in children and young adults. The overuse of smartphones is a form of technological addiction and has become a major global concern across societies. Cognitive behavioural therapy CBT is the most effective therapy but it requires a professionally trained health worker. Therefore the need to adopt a collaborative approach to prevent problematic smartphone use is brought into consideration. The adolescent mindset makes it difficult to focus. Hence the researcher developed a new approach to control adolescents drive and desire for smartphone overuse by using self regulation techniques and training them to combat overuse of smartphones. The aim of the article was to identify the level of smartphone addiction among adolescents and its effective management with the help of Self-Management Training Program SMTP among adolescents.