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Children Getting Smartphones Before 13 Have Skyrocketing Suicide Risk (www.gadgetreview.com)

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[–] rimu@piefed.social 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

From the study:

48% of females aged 18–24 who acquired a smartphone at age five or six report suicidal thoughts compared to 28% who acquired a smartphone at age 13. Among males, the corresponding figures are 31% and 20%, respectively.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 10 points 3 days ago

But wait, there's more:

Using regression analysis, we found that, globally, the age of access to social media accounts for approximately 40% of the overall association between age of smartphone ownership and mind health. Other significant contributing factors include poor family relationships (13%), cyberbullying (10%), and disrupted sleep (12%). Notably, 68% of the negative impacts associated with poor family relationships and 63% of the negative impacts associated with cyberbullying are downstream of age of first social media account. This suggests that having access to AI-powered social media environments at a younger age puts individuals at greater risk for poorer family relationships and exposure to cyberbullying. In contrast, only 19% of the effects of disrupted sleep can be explained by age of access to social media. This suggests that sleep disruptions arising from smartphone ownership at a younger age arise from smartphone activity other than social media (e.g. watching movies, gaming).