Over-use and type of mobile phone users in high school students and its relationship with academic performance and achievement motivation

The aim of present study was to investigate the over-use and type of mobile phone users in high school students and its relationship with academic performance and achievement motivation. The research method was correlation. The population of this research was all high school students who were studding in 1391-1392 in Khalkhal high schools. The sample was 303 students (128 boys and 175 girls) who were selected by categorical sampling and Cell- Phone Over-use Scale (COS), type of mobile phone users inventory and Herman’s Achievement Motivation Questionnaire were administered among selected samples. Chi-square, independent T-test, and Pearson correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data, using SPSS-16 software. The results showed that the overall use rate of mobile phone is high in high school students (88.7%), and this rate in males (98.4%) is higher than females (81.7%). There is significant difference between the achievement motivation of students that use mobile phone and those who don’t use in (P<0.01). The results indicated that there is negative relationship between over-use of mobile phone with students’ academic performance and achievement motivation (P<0.05). These results recall the importance and necessity of planner’s attention on progressive use of mobile phone, over-use, and negative effects of them by high school students.