Dynamite News Mobile usage affects sleep, mood and mental health of teens
According to the researchers, the use of mobile phones among children and adolescents' impacts their sleep, mood and mental health.
Washington D.C: A study on child development reveals that the use of mobile phones among children and adolescents' impacts their sleep, mood and mental health.
This special section of Child Development, edited by Dr. Zheng Yan and Dr. Lennart Hardell, adds important information to the research in this area.
Dr. Zheng Yan explained said that there are nearly three billion children and adolescents in the world and most of them were, are, or will be various types of mobile technology users, interacting with and being influenced by mobile technology in numerous ways.
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An important example is the work summarised by Dr. Lennart Hardell concerning radiation and brain development.
Yan further explained that today's mobile technologies have become a very unique and powerful influence on child and adolescent development.
Yan concluded that its use is very personal for children and adolescents, occurs almost anywhere and anytime and integrates telephone, television, video games, personal computers, the Internet and many new technologies into a portable device. The evidence indicates complex impacts on young mobile technology users.
The study was published in the journal of Child Development. (ANI)