A new Pew study found that nearly three-quarters of teens sometimes feel safe without their cell phones, but half of the teens surveyed said they still feel anxious without their devices. Ta.
new data A Pew Research Center paper titled “How Teens and Parents Approach Screen Time” explores how teens and parents respond to screen time. We investigated how people feel when using a device, how they feel with a device, and how they feel without a device.
Four in 10 teens say they spend too much time on their cell phones, but only 27% of U.S. teens say they spend too much time on social media. did.
In general, girls are more likely to say they have tried to reduce their use of mobile phones and social media, but a majority (61.5%) of both men and women said they have not.
But perhaps most telling are teenagers’ feelings about how they feel when they’re not using their devices. When asked about how they feel when they don’t have their smartphone, 74% said they often or sometimes feel happy. At the same time, 72% said they often or sometimes feel at peace.
Troublesome reactions manifested in the form of anxiety, which 44% said they felt often or sometimes, and feelings of agitation and loneliness, noted by 40% and 39% of teens, respectively.
Older girls are the category most likely to feel anxious without a cell phone. A majority of girls aged 15-17 (55%) felt this way, 15 points higher than the next closest demographic of teenage girls aged 13-14.
However, children believe that the benefits of mobile phones outweigh the harm they can cause, with 70% agreeing with that statement. why? Teenagers who say their phones make it easier to pursue hobbies and interests (69%) and be creative (65%) About half of respondents said their phone helped them “do well in school” (45%).
Teens and parents also have different views on adult cell phone use. A total of 46% of teens said their parents often or sometimes get distracted by their cell phones when they’re talking to them. Parents disagreed, with only 31% saying they were sometimes too distracted to have a conversation with their child.
But that didn’t stop parents from snooping on their teens’ phones.
Half of the parents surveyed said they spy on their teens’ smartphones, and most are aware of it. 43% of teenagers are aware that their parents are watching what they do on their phones, but this number includes children who suspect their parents are innocent. There is a possibility that
The study surveyed 1,453 U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 and their parents from Sept. 26 to Oct. 23, 2023, according to Pew. .
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