Smartphones help Strengthen Friendship
Posted on: 21/Oct/2015 12:40:43 PM
According to a new study, constant access to online using smartphone or other gadgets has an effect by strengthening friendships in teenagers. Associate professor at Duke University, Candice Odgers and a graduate student, Madeleine George say parents usually fear that the lives of their children would get affected by mobile phones. This however is not proven by evidences, say study.
Such online access can in fact have a good positive impact on teenagers and make the friendship stronger instead of causing an isolation in them. According to the researchers, every fifth of American teenagers have a mobile phone for themselves. Three-quarters of them have internet access. They spend about 7.5 hours a day on the internet using electronic media.
The online behavior is largely reflected in the offline world of teenagers. Researchers say offline factors can precisely predict negative online experiences and its effects.
