- Study found that people, who owned a smartphone developed ‘check habits’, which saw users ritually, unlock and check one or more applications such as email or social networking on their phone.
- Connellys (2010) article reports that users of smartphones find they affect their concentration and stress levels and can intrude on other activities.
- Scelfos (2010) article reports, possibly more worryingly that parents who use smartphones are not engaging in enough quality time with their children as their focus is on their devices instead.
- Using the smartphones 24/7 is removing the boundary between work time and personal time, therefore it can lead to disrupt the work-life balance.
- Using your phone too much can cause inflammation in your tendons and enhance existing conditions, like tendonitis and carpal tunnel.
- Slouching over your phone for hours at a time is ruining your neck and hurting your back muscles
- Staring at the tiny font in your texts and scrolling through dozens of tweets can lead to eye strain, blurred vision, dizziness, and dry eyes.
- Having “no-mobile-phone phobia,” which mean the fear of being without your cell. Symptoms of nomophobia include anxiety or negative physical symptoms if you have lost your cell phone.
- The study found that students who were dependent on text messages and social media updates were more anxious when their phones weren’t really vibrating.
- Smartphones are changing the social norms of our lives. For example, teenagers now days are texting all the times and adults are receiving work-related phone calls or emails during holydays.
Reference:
1) Hawkins, A., Friedman, M., & Toscano, S. (2014). 5 Seriously Bad Side Effects of Your Smartphone Addiction. Good Housekeeping. Retrieved 22 March 2015, from http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/wellness/a24269/smartphone-syndromes/
2) Donnelly, L. (2015). The effect of Smartphones on work life balance. Academia.edu. Retrieved 22 March 2015, from http://www.academia.edu/2074574/The_effect_of_Smartphones_on_work_life_balance
3) Sites.psu.edu,. (2013). Smartphones Improvements: positive and negative impact on society | Alwaleed Al Afaliq. Retrieved 22 March 2015, from https://sites.psu.edu/alwaleedafaliq/2013/09/19/smartphones-improvements-positive-and-negative-impact-on-society/
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