Are you addicted to smartphone? You need the psychiatrist!
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people who are closed off or less open with their emotions are more likely to have problems with smartphone use said the study1 people who are less emotionally stable are more likely to be addicted to their smartphones according to a new study1 the study found that people who struggle with their mental health problems were more likely to intensively use their smartphones as a form of therapy1 it also found that as anxiety levels increase in an individual he or she is more likely to use a smartphone1 this is because people may be experiencing problems in their lives such as stress anxiety depression family problems so in that state they are emotionally unstable meaning they may seek respite in very excessive smartphone use said dr zaheer hussain a study author and lecturer in psychology at the university of derby.this is worrying he said1 researchers from the university of derby and nottingham trent university conducted an online study with 640 smartphone users aged between 13 and 69 to look for the association between smartphone use and personality traits1 researchers found that the most utilised smartphone applications among the participants were social networking apps which account for roughly half of all utilised apps followed by instant messaging and music apps1 smartphone addicts engage in a passive social network said hussain1 this is where you spend a lot of time on facebook twitter instagram browsing other peoples comments pictures and posts so there is no real positive social interaction1 problematic smartphone use is more complex than previously thought and our research has highlighted the interplay of various psychological factors in the study of smartphone use he said1 reported by xinhua1