Once students begin to live separately from their parents, many of them start to try alcohol or other harmful substances that are often later leads to addiction. Baylor University study shows that to date, some students have a new type of dependency - smartphones.According to the report, some students spend on your smartphone about 10 hours per day - 2 hours more than men, are also suffering from addiction. These studies have shown that excessive use of smartphones leads to poor academic performance of students.
Ka reported students with addiction spend about 94.6 minutes a day on the set of text messages, 48.5 minutes to send and view e-mail, 38.6 minutes is carried out in Facebook, 34,4 minutes on the Internet and 26, 9 minutes by listening to music. However, 60% of the students surveyed did not hide the fact that they are really dependent on their mobile phones. Some of them claim that they are starting to worry and worry, if you do not find your phone in sight.
On assurance of researchers, some applications, such as, Instagram and Pinterest, can really show how much the student is dependent on the smartphone. According to researcher James Roberts, the phone can be used by students to avoid pressure in his classroom or environment. At the same time, in his opinion, mobile phones are a real paradox, because they free and enslave the people the same time.
"By increasing the features and functions of a mobile phone, the dependence of this seemingly indispensable device becomes more and more a real problem," - says researcher James Roberts.
Researchers recommend you treat your relationship in the event that you start to experience discomfort and anxiety when not using your phone.