The Study
The study’s main objective was to explore the potential impacts of screen time and physical activity with mental health amongst children and teenagers. The study gathered 315 students in the tenth-grade students. Participants were asked to report their participation in physical activity and their screen time through a questionnaire. They were also asked about their mental health status (ie: anxiety, symptoms of depression, self-esteem and quality of life). The physical activity aspect was measured by body composition. The study was conducted for roughly two months (Hrafnkelsdottir et al., 2018).
How less screen time leads to more health benefits for the mind.
less is more.
The Results
Those who reported to have less screen time also reported to have more physical activity. Those participants also recorded that they signficantly lower risk of depression, anxiety, lower self-esteem, and overall higher quality of life. The findings of this study strives to encourage adolescents to decrease their time on computer and laptops for the sake of their mental well-being. No social media platform can control your happiness. If anything, social media is a way to display your happiness, but it's not a vessel to finding it.
Tips on being mobile without your mobile.
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More than you'd like to admit, your mom is doing you a favor when she tells you to put your phone away at the dinner table. As a society, we've become dependent on our phones and laptops. This has allowed us to choose our phones over a walk outside or a breath of fresh air. While it is no doubt our devices provide us great convenience and help, we should spend more time off our phones and not just at the dinner table. We came up with some quick tips on how you can be your mom's favorite by minimizing your screen time.
Set up a timer
If it’s challenging to cut off technology cold turkey, a good way to minimize screen time is to set a timer. This will reinforce you not only to put your phone away when it’s time, but it also will help you manage your time more. Features like airplane mode and Screen time on your phone are your friends!
CUTTING DOWN SOCIAL MEDIA
If you have multiple social media platforms, consider deleting these all of these apps or at least some that take up the most of your time.
Set up meetings
Although texting and calling is more convenient meeting someone offline is more personal and can lead you to spend less time on the phone.