Article 5ETEP Nearly four in 10 university students addicted to smartphones, study finds

Nearly four in 10 university students addicted to smartphones, study finds

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Denis Campbell Health policy editor
from Technology | The Guardian on (#5ETEP)

Research finds students who showed signs of addiction were also highly likely to suffer from poor sleep

Almost four in 10 university students are addicted to their smartphones, and their habit plays havoc with their sleep, research has found.

A study of 1,043 students aged 18-30 at King's College London found that 406 (38.9%) displayed symptoms of smartphone addiction, as defined by a clinical tool devised to diagnose the problem.

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