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'Excessive' student mobile phone use linked to more sexual partners

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https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48839821

EXCERPT: Overuse of mobiles by university students may have offline consequences such as lower grades, drinking problems and more sexual partners, a study says. In a survey of more than 3,400 people taking degrees in the US, those who said they had problems with the amount of time they spent on their phones also reported having more sexual partners. But they also were more likely to report anxiety or depression.

[...] The results of the study have been published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions. [...] Researchers from the University of Chicago, University of Cambridge, and the University of Minnesota developed the Health and Addictive Behaviours Survey. Its aim was to assess mental health and wellbeing among university students and to see what impact mobile phones had on them.

To establish whether mobile phone use was excessive, students were asked a variety of questions [...] One in five students answered yes to enough questions to be deemed as overusing their phones, with more than 60% of these being female. The study found that the proportion of students reporting two or more sexual partners in the past 12 months was significantly higher among those also reporting overuse of mobile phones - 37.4% compared with 27.2% who reported no problem use. The proportion with six or more sexual partners was more than double among those who said they overused their smartphones.

The reasons for this are difficult to pinpoint and are likely to be varied, said Dr Sam Chamberlain [...] The researchers also found that excessive drinking was significantly higher in those reporting problematic smartphone use, compared with those who felt their mobile use was normal. But they found no significant link with any other form of substance abuse or addiction. (MORE - details)
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(Jul 4, 2019 07:30 PM)C C Wrote: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48839821

EXCERPT: Overuse of mobiles by university students may have offline consequences such as lower grades, drinking problems and more sexual partners, a study says. In a survey of more than 3,400 people taking degrees in the US, those who said they had problems with the amount of time they spent on their phones also reported having more sexual partners. But they also were more likely to report anxiety or depression.

[...] The results of the study have been published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions. [...] Researchers from the University of Chicago, University of Cambridge, and the University of Minnesota developed the Health and Addictive Behaviours Survey. Its aim was to assess mental health and wellbeing among university students and to see what impact mobile phones had on them.

To establish whether mobile phone use was excessive, students were asked a variety of questions [...] One in five students answered yes to enough questions to be deemed as overusing their phones, with more than 60% of these being female. The study found that the proportion of students reporting two or more sexual partners in the past 12 months was significantly higher among those also reporting overuse of mobile phones - 37.4% compared with 27.2% who reported no problem use. The proportion with six or more sexual partners was more than double among those who said they overused their smartphones.

The reasons for this are difficult to pinpoint and are likely to be varied, said Dr Sam Chamberlain [...] The researchers also found that excessive drinking was significantly higher in those reporting problematic smartphone use, compared with those who felt their mobile use was normal. But they found no significant link with any other form of substance abuse or addiction. (MORE - details)

6 or more sexual partners in one year for a full time student i think is probably a bench mark for warning signs to be on the edge of dangerous or addictive behaviour
more soo emotional addiction like co-dependency
i've known plenty of students who might have a different sexual partner once a month on average for 2 years in their study time
but there appears to be a tendency for high achievers to have no sexual partner or a steady partner or only 2 or 3

if an anxiety disorder is showing its self in the study then one might assume that alcohol would be the most likely drug of choice for a student given price, availability and comprehension of the drug and how it can be used.

the next study should be to see if it can differentiate between behavioural anxiety and clinical anxiety as a pattern of use and associated drinking behaviours and sexual behaviours

the last thing a student needs is pregnancy or an STD/STI(technically the last thing they need is poverty or illness but im sure you get my point)
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  • does the cell phone become an outlet for their anxiety
      or
    •  a vehicle to strengthen addictive behaviour patterns
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