A survey of South Korean middle- and high-school students revealed that those with increased anxiety, depression, loneliness, and experience of violent treatment are more likely to become overdependent on their smartphones. Girls were more likely to develop this overdependence than boys. The paper was published in Scientific Reports. For adolescents in many world countries, smartphones have become a cultural tool they employ to organize social relationships and interact with others. In this way, they have transcended their role of just a media technology that is used when necessary or a means …
