US EditionStudents on Track to Spend 25 Years of Their Lifetime on Phones, Study Warns
- A 2025 study by Fluid Focus found that Gen Z students in the UK and Ireland could spend 25 years of their lives on phones, harming academics and mental health.
- Researchers conducted the study amid rising screen time, with nearly 70% of students believing phone use damages grades and 68% hoping to cut screen time.
- Daily screen time rose with age, reaching over six hours for university students, and nearly half reported sleep disruption from late-night phone use.
- Dr Paul Redmond described the data as 'quite stark' and noted many young people want to reduce phone time, as schools banning phones show mixed mental health correlations.
- The study's findings underscore calls for digital wellbeing education, as policymakers across 21 U.S. states, including Nevada, increasingly restrict classroom phone use.
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Students on track to spend 25 years of their lifetime on phones, study warns
Students are on track to spend more than 25 years of their lives on smartphones, according to a new study that tracked the habits of children to young adults.The report, released by research firm Fluid Focus, surveyed nearly 3,000 students across the U.K. and Ireland. Nearly three-quarters of students said their phone habits were harming their ability to study, and more than 75% reported negative effects on their mental health.Social media was t…
No more mobile phones, not even during the breaks. That's how things are now going at some schools in Germany. What arguments speak for it, and what do children think about it? YOUR SPIEGEL was visiting a school in Kiel.
JC Ponce/Europa PressThe excessive and unregulated use of the mobile phone begins to show clear consequences for mental health and relational well-being in young researchers at Francisco de Vitoria University and Rey Juan Carlos University developed the PSSNUS, a new psychometric tool that evaluates the emotional and social impact of the problematic use of the smartphone and social networks on the young population.
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