Children, especially girls, who use smartphones before they are 13 years old may have worse mental health outcomes when they’re older, a new study suggests.
  • RagnarokOnline@programming.devEnglish
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    41 minutes ago

    About 48% of young women who had smartphones by 5 or 6 years old reported having severe suicidal thoughts, compared to 28% of females who had smartphones by 13 or older.

    In young men, 31% of those who had smartphones by 5 or 6 years old reported having severe suicidal thoughts and 20% of males who had smartphones by 13 or older reported having severe suicidal thoughts.

    Damn, smart phones need to be a controlled substance.

    • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
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      22 minutes ago

      The study…analyzed self-reported questionnaire results from more than 100,000 young adults between the ages of 18 and 24.

      Damn, that’s not a small sample