title: [The mobile: a new addiction upon adolescents].
abstract: 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.
authors: Service de Pédopsychiatrie de l'EPS RAZI, rue des Orangers, La Manouba, Tunisie.
authors: Soumeya
authors: S
authors: Halayem
authors: Ons
authors: O
authors: Nouira
authors: Soumaya
authors: S
authors: Bourgou
authors: Asma
authors: A
authors: Bouden
authors: Sami
authors: S
authors: Othman
authors: Mohamed
authors: M
authors: Halayem
mesh_terms: 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