[The mobile: a new addiction upon adolescents].
OBJECTIVE
This survey was conducted to investigate mobile phone use and dependence in Tunisian high school students.


METHODS
Questionnaires were anonymously distributed to 120 adolescents looking for the modalities of use of mobiles. SMS dependency was assessed with the French version of the Igarashi scale.


RESULTS
The two most used means for communication were SMS and missing calls. 83.2% of the sample sent more than 6 missing calls per day. According to the Igarashi scale, adolescents reported perception of excessive use in 31. Seven percent of cases, emotional reaction in 33.4% of cases and exclusive relationship maintenance thanks to mobile in 18% of cases.


CONCLUSIONS
This study demonstrated a anew addictgion to mobile phone among tunisian high school students.
Halayem
Soumeya
S
Service de Pédopsychiatrie de l'EPS RAZI, rue des Orangers, La Manouba, Tunisie.
Nouira
Ons
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Bourgou
Soumaya
S
Bouden
Asma
A
Othman
Sami
S
Halayem
Mohamed
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000191:economics; D040421:Cell Phone / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D003625:Data Collection; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014416:Tunisia