The present research was conducted with middle school students, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders to examine
variables related to middle school students\' using mobile phones and general tendencies of school
adjustment and analyze the relative influence variables related to the use of mobile phones, sex distinction
and grades on school adjustment. The mean and standard deviation were calculated in order to examine
the general trend of addictive use of mobile phones, and school adjustment. The summary and discussions
of the research results are as follows. First, to examine variables related to using mobile phones and
school adjustment, the motives of purchasing mobile phones were that most of other friends around them
had cell phones, and they were likely to buy mobile phones so as to contact other people. It was found
that when purchasing mobile phones, they mainly bought the products they wanted to, and in relation
to the question to ask the reasons that they changed mobile phones, most of their responses were that
they had never changed mobile phones, and next, they answered that they changed phones because of
mechanical trouble. Third, as a result of examining whether groups had any differences in school
adjustment dividing the groups using mobile phones additively into top, middle, and bottom groups, they
had significant differences in the overall school adjustment, learning attitudes in class and school rules
except relationships with teachers and friends.