Teens’ problematic smartphone use linked to anxiety, depression, and insomnia

Teens’ problematic smartphone use
linked to anxiety, depression, and insomnia

Teenagers reporting problematic smartphone use are more likely to have anxiety, depression, or insomnia, according to two new studies at UK schools.

Researchers at King’s College London gathered the responses of 657 teenagers aged between 16 and 18 in one study and 69 children aged between 13 and 16 over four weeks in the other.

Some 18.7 per cent of 16-to-18-year-olds and around 14.5 per cent of 13-to-16-year-olds self-reported problematic smartphone use, the researchers said.

"Problematic smartphone use is a construct that researchers have come up with to describe a pattern of smartphone use, which shares some similarities to the way other people would talk about their behavioural addictions for things like problem gambling," the study's co-author, Dr Nicola Kalk from King’s College London told the Associated Press.

By Euronews.

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