A peer-reviewed study published Tuesday in Frontiers in Psychiatry found that 40% of college students are hooked on their smartphones – and have a worse sleep quality.
In 2019, researchers at King’s College London surveyed 1,043 students there between the ages of 18 and 30 about smartphone use, including an average amount of daily and time-consuming usage. They then compared it to the average number of hours respondents said they slept on a weekday afternoon as well as the overall quality of their sleep.
The study found that 38.9% of students were in possession of their smartphones. Of those with addiction, sleep quality was poor at 68.7%, compared to 57.1% of those without addiction.
Researchers found students who used their phone for several hours in activity with family or friends and after midnight were more likely to be at risk of interfering.
In addition, the study found that those who stopped using their device an hour before bed were less likely to be seized compared to those who stopped less than 30 minutes before bedtime. bed.
However, according to the study, “smartphone addiction was linked to poor sleep, independent of length of use, indicating that time should not be used as a substitute for harmful use.”
Students who used a smartphone for more than five hours each day, who could not control how long they spent on their phone, felt awkward when not they can get their phone and lost life activities as a result are considered addict.
Another study published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine in June reported similar results between the link between excessive smartphone use and sleep in younger children. The study concluded that excessive smartphone use was associated with shorter overall sleep time and sleep quality.
But some experts are raising an issue with the term “smartphone addition.” Smartphone addiction is not a condition recognized by any global health organization and there is no formal clinical diagnosis, according to Bob Patton, a lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Surrey, who studies addictive behavior.
In addition, it is important to note that the results of the study cannot be made available to the general population as the study only included students and young adults.
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