One in five women and one in eight men now lose sleep because of the time they spend on their cell phones, according to new research that has seen a leap in technoference over the past 13 years.
Researchers surveyed 709 mobile phone users in Australia from 18 to 83 in 2018, using questions replicated from a similar 2005 survey. They then compared the findings and found a significant increase in people who blamed their phones for not using them. slept well, became less productive, took more risks while driving and even got more aches and pains.
The study leader said the survey results showed that 24 percent of women and 15 percent of men could now be classified as "problematic cell phone users."
For 18- to 24-year-olds, the figure rises to 40, 9 percent, with 23.5 percent of respondents aged 25 to 29 also suffering from technoference. Participants were also asked about their driving habits, with researchers finding an association between problem phone use on the road and on the road.
Key findings of the 2018 survey include:
– One in five women (19.5%) and one in eight men (11.8 percent) now lose sleep because of the time they spend on their mobile phone (versus 2.3 percent of women and 3.2 percent of men in 2005).
– 12.6 percent of men say their productivity has fallen as a direct result of the time they spend on their mobile – compared to none in 2005 – and 14 percent of women have also noticed a decline in productivity (2.3 percent in 2005) ).
– 14 percent of women try to hide the amount of time they spend on the phone (3 percent in 2005), as do 8.2 percent of men (3.2 percent in 2005)
– 54.9 percent of women believe their friends will find it difficult to contact them if they don't have a cell phone (up 28.8 percent), and 41.6 percent of men think so (almost identical to 41.9 in 2005) ).
– 8.4 percent of women (3 percent more) and 7.9 percent of men (more than 1.6 percent) suffer from aches and pains that they attribute to cell phone use
– 25.9 percent of women (out of 3.8) and 15.9 percent of men (against 6.5) say there are times when they would rather use their cell phone than deal with more pressing issues. For 18- to 25-year-olds, this figure was 51.4 percent (up from 10.5).
