The Relationship Between Cell Phone Addiction, Anxiety, and Performance Students' subtle interests in cell phones have been replaced by obsessive attachment. Cell phones are owned by approximately 96% of all undergraduate students and are a constant distraction that rarely leaves the user (Smith, Rainie, & Zickuhr, 2011). A study by Junco and Cotten (2012) surveyed “over 1,649 students and found that they (students) spent 97 minutes a day texting, 118 minutes searching the Internet, 41 minutes on Facebook, 49 minutes sending emails and 51 minutes talking on the Internet. their cell phone; » This represents a total of 356 minutes spent on cell phones every day. Since many students spend a large portion of their time on their cell phones, it is understandable that they can become addicted to their phones. This dependence on their cell phones creates an atmosphere filled with a never-ending demand for attention (Junco and Cotten, 2012). This demand for students' attention can take a toll on their overall well-being, possibly affecting their anxiety levels when they are not allowed to touch their cell phones. Lepp, Barkley, Sanders, Rebold, and Gates (2013, p. 79) hypothesize “that student cell phone use is negatively associated with academic performance as well as mental and physical health.” In this study, the relationship between performance and anxiety will be evaluated, as well as the effect of addiction on these two variables. Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a causal relationship between cell phone addiction on the one hand and anxiety and performance on the other. Previous research has shown that students spend a lot of time on their cell...... middle of article...... 64 additional stimuli presented are old or new. They will receive instructions from the experimenter as well as on-screen instructions to press the “o” key if the sound is old and to press the “n” key if the sound is new. Half of the trials will be new, while the other half will consist of previously heard stimuli from the auditory study, making them old sounds. Finally, participants will complete a short questionnaire (see Appendix B) on demographic information including items such as gender. , race, age, etc. However, because it is crucial to keep the purpose of the study secret, cell phone-related questions from participants will be vague and brief. After the study is completed, emails will be sent to participants as a method of debriefing to inform them of the deception in the study. Participants will be allowed to ask questions if necessary.