Students check phone 150 times a day: Study

At least 14 per cent of the students use smartphones for three hours

On an average, a university student in India exams his mobile phone over 150 instances a day, in keeping with a have a look at performed through Aligarh Muslim college and the Indian Council of Social science research (ICSSR).

The studies, titled "telephone Dependency, Hedonism and purchase Behaviour: Implications for virtual India initiatives", has been carried out in 20 vital universities, wherein 200 college students every have been interviewed, PTI reports.

"tension and fear of lacking out on information make university students test their mobile devices as many as a hundred and fifty instances an afternoon on an average, an activity that may have unfavorable effects on the students health in addition to academics.

"simplest 26 per cent of the respondents stated they use smartphones in general to make calls. The closing respondents use smartphones for different purposes along with accessing social networking websites, Google searches and for entertainment which includes looking movies," said Mohammed Naved Khan, the undertaking Director.

At the least 14 according to cent of the scholars use smartphones for three hours or less in an afternoon while around sixty three consistent with cent of them use it for four to seven hours day by day. "It came as a shock to us that around 23 in step with cent (of college students) use the gadgets for more than eight hours an afternoon," Khan introduced.

According to the have a look at, eighty in line with cent of the students own a mobile cellphone and most of them prefer smartphones attributable to comfort in the installation of packages, host of functions, and simplicity of use and also paintings as lower priced substitutes for a laptop.

The examine carried out via researchers at AMU has been funded by using the ICSSR with an intention to recognize diverse sides of cellphone dependency and addiction amongst university-going students.