Researchers found that 17% of the teen girls surveyed are potentially addicted to social media, and more than a third have potential anxiety disorders.
A survey of teen girls found that some high schoolers spend, on average, more than five hours a day on their smartphones.According to research published in the British Medical Journal, such high levels of smartphone use are linked to increased anxiety among teen girls, many of whom dedicate their scrolling time to social media .
"Researchers used screenshots submitted by the teens to record the number of days with screen time data available, daily smartphone pickups, type of most frequently used apps, and time spent using each of them.Researchers then divided by the number of days to arrive at average daily screen time. Similarly, total app use time was divided by the number of days with data available to find the average daily time spent on different activities.The average time spent on smartphones was 5.
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