A study from Baylor University revealed that using cell phones consumes most of the time of the college students than any other activity including sleeping.
Dr. James Roberts, a professor of marketing, spearheaded the study and found that addiction to cell phone is real and ultimately unhealthy.
On Dr. James Robert's study found that women age 18 to 22 spend an average of 10 hours a day on their cell phones. Men have lesser time consumed on using their cell phones at only about 8 hours a day. A normal day for women composed of 94 minutes a day texting, 48 minutes sending emails, 38 minutes on Facebook, surfing the internet for about 34 minutes and finishing off with listening to music for 26 minutes.
Even though men spend less time on cell phones that women, they are not less addicted.
Men just seem to send shorter messages than women. They prefer doing different activities such as watching YouTube videos, playing games, whereas women spend a thousand amount of time on Pinterest and Instagram. Texting is the number one cell phone activity for both genders.
Women tend to use their devices to maintain social relationships, whereas men prefer more solitary activities.
The Baylor study entitled "The Invisible Addiction: Cell-phone Activities and Addiction among Male and Female College Students", focused on the issue of what makes smart phone so addictive.
Excessive use of cell phone is dangerous. For one, using cell phones in inappropriate circumstances, like when one is driving, has caused countless deaths all over the world.An estimation of additional five percent or more crashes in 2012 is due to texting while driving.
It is no secret that our world now is changing and with it comes the upgrading of gadgets, entertaining apps, and cool cell phones, but too much of any of this takes a toll on a person's social, physical and even his or her mental health. This is according to even more research.