After years of constant warnings and directions, a recent study revealed no link between use smart phones And its various applications, and between the mental health of users, and scientists from the universities of Lancaster, Bath and Lincoln in Britain, in the study, whose results were published in the journal “Technology, Mind, Behavior”, concluded that the amount of time users spend on their smartphones was not associated with poor mental health, according to Sky News.-
During the experiment, scientists measured the time a group of users spent on their phones, surveyed their opinions about their physical and mental health, and then subjected them to tests aimed at measuring their symptoms of anxiety and depression, and the scientists concluded in the end that the amount of time users spent on their phones did not affect their mental health. .
Commenting on the results of the study, Heather Shaw from the Department of Psychology at Lancaster University said: “We did not find a link between the use of phones and the emergence of psychological symptoms such as anxiety, depression and tension, as those who underwent clinical trials and had those symptoms did not use their devices more than those who spent time. Longer on it. “
Instead, the study found that mental health was linked to the concerns participants in the experiments felt about their use of smartphones, and Heather explained this point by saying: “It is important to consider the actual use of the device separately from people’s concerns about technology, because the first factor does not show relationships. Noteworthy in terms of the impact on mental health, while the second factor does so, “according to the” Science Daily “site specializing in scientific news.
The expert in psychology indicated that previous studies focused on the potential harmful effect of the time users spend on their phones, but their study highlighted that users’ attitudes or fears about this issue are what leads to such results.
For his part, Dr. David Ellis, from the University of Bath, said: “Our results show that reducing the time spent on phone screens will not make users happier. What makes them achieve this is treating the fear stemming from the issue of their feeling the negative effects of the time they spend on their devices.”
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