A new study suggests that most high school students to spend time texting or social network sites (or both) at risk for a variety of disturbing behaviors sex, depression, eating disorders, drug and alcohol abuse and absenteeism are risky, including smoking,.
The study by researchers at case presented Tuesday at a meeting of the American public health association in Denver, based Reserve University, Western data from questions, last year to more than 4,000 students at 20 urban high school in Ohio.Etwa one-fifth were sent at least 120 SMS messages per day, one-tenth on social networks for three hours or more, and 4% have both.
That 4% were at risk of non users twice for fighting smoking binge-drinking, becoming Cyber victims consider suicide, missing school and fall asleep in class.
The researchers stressed that SMS and social networking not necessarily caused other problems haben.Aber lead author, Dr. Scott Frank, a family physician, Director of the public health master programme at the case Western Reserve School of medicine, said:
"It makes sense that these technologies it easier work for children in a case make hard to fit in fall.""If you work that hard to fit in through their social networks, also try to fit by other behaviors perceive as popular as smoking or drinking alcohol, sex and always higher risk involved adolescent behaviors."
Girls, members of minorities, and young people from low-income backgrounds or households were more at risk, but the pattern persisted even after researchers for these factors controlled.(No texting and no online social-networking ever reported one of five young people.)
"Dr. Frank noted that the most ardent Texters and social networkers rated your parents as more permissive.""This is a red flag for parents - a red flag for their education," he said, "because you need to monitor and their children want to record of the decisions machen.Wir parents for their children with regard to texting and networking, to put more restrictive rules as you rules about whether your child can go on a school night and socialize for three hours would set."
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