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“Students spend up to 10 hours a day on their mobile phones,” the Mail Online reports. The results of a US study suggest that some young people have developed an addiction to their phone.
Mobile or “cell” phone addiction is the habitual drive or compulsion to continue to use a mobile phone, despite its negative impact on one’s wellbeing.
The authors of a new study suggest that this can occur when a mobile phone user reaches a “tipping point”, where he/she can no longer control their phone use. Potential negative consequences include dangerous activities, such as texting while driving.
This latest study surveyed mobile phone use and addiction in a sample of 164 US students.
The students reported spending nearly nine hours a day on their mobile phones. There was a significant difference in the amount of time male and female students spent on their phones, with women spending around 150 minutes more a day using the device.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/09September/Pages/Students-showing-signs-of-phone-addiction.aspx
NINE HOURS???? 😱 It's a PHONE!!!!!
Mobile or “cell” phone addiction is the habitual drive or compulsion to continue to use a mobile phone, despite its negative impact on one’s wellbeing.
The authors of a new study suggest that this can occur when a mobile phone user reaches a “tipping point”, where he/she can no longer control their phone use. Potential negative consequences include dangerous activities, such as texting while driving.
This latest study surveyed mobile phone use and addiction in a sample of 164 US students.
The students reported spending nearly nine hours a day on their mobile phones. There was a significant difference in the amount of time male and female students spent on their phones, with women spending around 150 minutes more a day using the device.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/09September/Pages/Students-showing-signs-of-phone-addiction.aspx
NINE HOURS???? 😱 It's a PHONE!!!!!