The Risk Of Teen Depression And Suicide Is Linked To Smartphone Use, Study Says
[2023-12-27 11:21:25]
According to new research, teenagers are irritated, become hopeless, and the possibility of considering suicide is increasing. Jean Twenge, one of the authors of this study, discovered that the suicide risk factors and suicide rate symptoms suddenly increased in adolescent depression in 2012 - when smartphones became popular.
According to Twenger's research, young people spending more than 5 hours a day have a 71% chance of having a risk factor of suicide. And no matter what content is consumed. Regardless of whether teens are watching cat videos or watching more serious things, the length of screen time, not specific content, is closely related to the height of depression .
"This is because the time spent on the device is too long, 30 minutes a day, 1 hour a day seems to be the best point for puberty mental health in electronic devices," Twenge said It was. "The risk of 2 hours a day increases slightly, then you can see that more people who have at least one risk factor for suicide will clarify more than three hours a day."
Twenge and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro explained the dangers of using too much of a teens smartphone, how parents manage the use of teenage social media, and when they reach their optimum age for their smartphone I will.
I think that a good rule for teenagers and adults is trying to keep it for less than two hours per day. Then you take down the phone and spend the rest of your time on mental health and happiness, such as sleeping, face to face with friends and family, and going out to exercise. All of these are related to better mental health. If you use cell phones to promote these things rather than block them, this is a good way
On how to know that high depression rates are related to smartphones and social media, not other factors
When you see these large, nationally representative surveys, their academic pressure is rising, and the idea of spending more time at school is not true. For example, there is a large-scale survey on admission to university students, so it will be a great pressure on the expected population due to the time spent on homework and extracurricular activities. In this group, when they reported that they were high school students last year, their homework time was about the same as in the 1980s. And they spent almost the same time on extracurricular activities. Teenagers doing homework are unlikely to feel that they are actually depressed
Ideally, it is 14. High school graduation is a good goal as there is other data indicating that the relationship between the use of social media and misfortune is the strongest among the 8th graders and the 10th graders, or especially the 12th graders. When they reach that age, they will be able to better handle the needs of social media. For the youngest teenager, the tendency of some mental health is also the most obvious.
Not only did the use of smartphones and depression increase, but the time spent online was also related to the mental health problems of two different data sets. Teenagers who spend more than five hours a day online found that the possibility of having at least one suicide risk factor (depression, suicide plan, suicide plan, suicide) was 71% higher. . Overall, the risk factor of suicide rose markedly after the Internet for more than two days a day.
According to new research, teenagers are irritated, become hopeless, and the possibility of considering suicide is increasing. Jean Twenge, one of the authors of this study, researchers found that suicide risk factors for suicide depression and suicide rates suddenly increase in adolescence in 2012 - when smartphones became popular. According to Twenger's research, young people spending more than 5 hours a day have a 71% chance of having the risk factor of suicide. And no matter what content is consumed. Whether teenagers are watching cat videos or watching more serious things, the length of screen time, not specific content, is closely related to the hei