Our research suggests they are simply describing a period of their development with strong needs of social ties rather than a true addiction. If any of you reading this really want to know if you or an adolescent you know may have a problem with mobile phone use, then you can take this simple test I devised. If a person answers ‘yes’ to six or more of these statements, it may be indicative of a problematic and/or addictive use of a mobile phone: