Frequent cell phone use linked to anxiety, lower grade, reduced happiness in students

Friday, December 6, 2013 - 13:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Results of the analysis showed that cell phone use by college students was negatively related to GPA and positively related to anxiety. Following this, GPA was positively related to happiness while anxiety was negatively related to happiness. Thus, for the population studied, high frequency cell phone users tended to have lower GPA, higher anxiety, and lower satisfaction with life (happiness) relative to their peers who used the cell phone less often.

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