Efficacy Of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) In Managing Smartphone Addiction, Insomnia and Aggression Among Adolescent Boys

Smartphones are essential in today's world for everyone, but especially for teenagers. Examining how smartphone addiction affects teenage students' sleep patterns and aggression is crucial, particularly for teenage boys. The period of growth and development between childhood and maturity is known as adolescence. Anyone between the ages of 10 and 19 is considered an adolescent by the World Health Organization (WHO). The aim of the study was to find efficacy of  cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in managing smartphone addiction, insomnia, and aggression among adolescent boys is examined in this study. There were 150 students who took part in the study. They were evaluated using the Aggression Questionnaire by Buss (2000), the Insomnia Inventory by The London Sleep Centre (2004), and the Smartphone Addiction Scale created by Kwol et al. (2013). A total of fifty-eight (58) students were selected and given two-hour sessions of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) every other day for a month. Following the conclusion of the intervention, the fifty-eight students were reassessed using the same set of questionnaires. A follow-up phase assessment was conducted after a one-month break. Targeting maladaptive behavior, emotion control, track usage, auto-suggestions, sleep hygiene, self-reinforcement, psychoeducation, self-monitoring, cognitive rehearsal, role-playing/modeling, and journaling assignments were all part of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). In the Before, After, and Follow-Up periods, notable variations have been distinguished. Bonferroni Post Hoc Test, Mean, Standard Deviation, and Repeated Measures ANOVA were used to interpret the data. The results unequivocally show that during the intervention program, there was a significant decrease in the usage of smartphones, as well as in the symptoms of aggressive behavior and insomnia. It came to light that cognitive behavior therapy was useful in controlling teenage boys' levels of hostility, sleeplessness, and smartphone addiction.