An Empirical Study on Social Impact of a Product: Relationship between Smartphone Addiction and Health Problems among College Students

Purpose - Smartphone is a device which has become life necessity of the people in this modern time. Students are also using this device due to its numerous functional uses. This device is becoming a drug to users as they are using it for unlimited time. Health problems are arising because of its consistent use. The main purpose to conduct this study was to obtain the relationship between smartphone addiction and health problems among college students. Design/Methodology/Approach - Descriptive research methodology was used in the study. A survey was conducted among two hundred college students in Delhi/NCR to describe and identify the relationship between Smartphone Addiction and Health Problems. Findings - It was found after analyzing the data that Behavioral Addiction and Informative use of smartphone are the main factor behind addiction and this addiction leads to physical health problems among students. On the other side, it was concluded that Smartphone Addiction and Health Problems are sharing a high degree of correlation among college students. It was suggested that government and educational institutions need to aware the users to limit the use of device to overcome the health problems.