Cell phone overdose makes you feel
less socially connected
If you think that access to
constant communication keeps you closer to your family, you might have the
wrong impression as a new study has shown that cell phone use might actually
lead to feeling less socially connected.
The study suggested that the cell phone may
have more social value for women compared to men and women may be better at using
it to augment or complement existing social relationships.
Andrew Lepp, researcher at the Kent State University and his colleagues
surveyed 493 students, ranging in age from 18-29, to see whether cell phone
use, including texting and talking, was associated with feeling socially
connected to their parents and peers. The results show a significant difference
between men and women.
Female students reported
spending an average of 365 minutes per day using their cell phones, sending and
receiving an average of 265 texts per day, and making and receiving six calls
per day.
Male students reported spending less time on their phone (287 minutes),
sending and receiving fewer texts (190), and making and receiving the same
amount of calls as the female students.
For the women, the study found that talking on the phone was associated
with feeling emotionally close with their parents. However, when it came to
relationships with friends, texting was associated with feeling emotionally
close.
For the men, the opposite holds true – daily calling and texting were not
related in any way to feelings of emotional closeness with either parents or
with peers.
Researchers also looked at problematic use, which is a recurrent craving
to use a cell phone during inappropriate times – such asdriving a car, or at night when you should be sleeping.
For both the men and women, the study found that problematic cell phone
use was negatively related to feelings of emotional closeness with parents and
peers.
“In other words, the students in the study who tended to use their cell
phones compulsively and at inappropriate times felt less socially connected to
parents and peers than other students,” Lepp said in a statement.
Source:
www.thehealthsite.com
20.08.2016
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