The aim of this research, conducted with an experimental model, is to determine the effectiveness of "Phubbing and Mental Health Literacy Education for Adolescents" on phubbing and mental health literacy levels in high school students. The research was conducted in two Anatolian high schools in Zonguldak. The study sample consisted of 36 adolescents between the ages of 15 and 17 with high levels of phubbing and low levels of mental health literacy (intervention group= 18, control group= 18). Data were collected using the "Personal Information Form," the "General Phubbing Scale," and the "Adolescent Mental Health Literacy Scale" in three stages: pre-test, post-test, and follow-up test. "Phubbing and Mental Health Literacy Education for Adolescents" was applied to the intervention group.

H1: Phubbing and mental health literacy education for adolescents has an effect on reducing the level of phubbing.

H2: Phubbing and mental health literacy education for adolescents has an effect on increasing the level of mental health literacy.

Inclusion Criteria:

Being a volunteer

• Being in the 10th or 11th grade
• The adolescent must have a smartphone
• The adolescent must have a high phubbing scale score and a low adolescent mental health literacy scale score
• The adolescent must not have any auditory, visual or learning disabilities
• Being able to speak and understand Turkish

Exclusion Criteria:

Not volunteering

• Being in the 9th or 12th grade
• Not having a smartphone
• Having a low phubbing scale score and a high adolescent mental health literacy scale score
• Having any learning disabilities
• Not being able to speak and understand Turkish

The research was conducted in two Anatolian high schools in Zonguldak. The study sample consisted of 36 adolescents between the ages of 15 and 17 with high levels of phubbing and low levels of mental health literacy (intervention group= 18, control group= 18).