title: The Relationship between Mental Health and Addiction to Mobile Phones among University Students of Shahrekord, Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The risk of cell phone addiction is a social and psychological problem which has been proposed by psychologists, psychiatrists, and educational supervisors. The present study aimed to investigate the behavior of mobile phone addicts and mental health of university students of Shahrekord, Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was an applied research survey for the purposes of this study. The study population ýconsisted of all the students of Payame Noor University, Islamic Azad University, and University of Medical Sciences. The study population consisted of 296 students who were randomly selected from the target population. To collect data, two types of questionnaires were used, the Symptom Checklist-90-R(SCL-90-R) questionnaire, and the 32-point scale questionnaire of behavior associated with ýmobile phone use (Hooper and Zhou, 2007). Data analysis was performed using SPSS software, statistical analysis, frequency distribution, mean, one-way ANOVA, chi-square, and LSD (Least significance difference).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that university students of Shahrekord, based on the six categories of mobile ýaddiction behaviors, were mostly placed in habitual behaviors (21.49%), addiction (21.49%), and intentional (21.49%) categories. By reviewing mental health indicators, it was found that students were affected with depressive disorder (17.30%), obsessive compulsive disorder (14.20%), and interpersonal sensitivity (13.80%). The results showed that there was a significant inverse relationship ýbetween mental health and habitual behaviors (r = -0.417), dependence (r = -0.317), addiction (r = -0.330), and incontinence (r = -0.309) in using mobile phone (P < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Survey results showed that with increased and improved mental health, the student's rate of cell phone addiction reduced.
authors.affiliation: Lecturer, Faculty Member, Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Payame Noor University of Shahreza, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Babadi-Akashe
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Bibi Eshrat
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Zamani
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Yasamin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abedini
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University of Farrokh Shahr, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors.forename: Hojaetolah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akbari
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
authors.forename: Nasim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hedayati
keywords: Addiction; Behavior; Cell phone; Mental health; University