Correlation Between Hours And Depression

Kardaras, Nicolas. "Generation Z: Online and at Risk?." Scientific American Mind, vol. 27, no. 5, Sep/Oct 2016, pp. 64-9. MasterFILE Premier. Kardars discuss generation z use of social media affecting them negatively. He opens his article with a story of Heidi who becomes addicted to social media when her school issues her a Chromebook. Before Heidi is issued the laptop, she was a sweet innocent girl and after having it for a semester she became someone her parents could not recognize. He states that social media is a “perfect storm” for humans because having a social connection key to “happiness and health”. Having the ability to always use social media leads to hyper texting the illusion of a real connection making it hard for teens to have face to face conversations, making a teens become “glow kid[s]“, someone who is raised on mostly digital social interactions. Facebook depression” can result in the teen to have lower grades and behavior problems in teens. He concludes his article with facts proving that Facebook can become addictive in some people. This source helps support my thesis that Facebook affects teens mental health.

Social Networking: The recent study revealed that more and more people of all age groups are facing depression due to social networking. For e.g. someone enjoying outing/get together with friends or getting more likes or comments makes one feel jealous and/or left out. Most children and young people are experiencing loneliness due this.

In the first experiment, 67 students at Butler University participated without compensation. These students had all completed three semesters of cognitive processes classes and all had unlimited text-messaging plans. They were split into two groups. The first group was made up of 35 students who all submitted their

Cell phones and technology are wonderful tools for us to communicate and to grow as society but even though there are many benefits of using cell phones in the various social environments, there is also the greater disadvantage of the usage of the devices. The effects of being rude to one another, “light” unimportant conversations, and weak relationships between peers or family members. In today's world people are way too connected electronically and disconnected emotionally. As there is a lot of controversy to if cell phones are running society's social lives or not, research has shown that they are in fact hurting and affecting how people are interacting and communicating with one another. Between the lack of empathy and the lack of face to face conversations, cellular devices “smart phones” are the major reasons society is seeing a negative effect in people’s social life

al., 639). Although readers of the article can comprehend what the researcher is asserting, it is simplified in the USA Today article to succinctly state the link between Facebook and depression: “Social media-linked depression potentially [stems] from not only what people do online but also how their experiences linger with them afterward. (Hatner, para 3). When the author of the USA Today source describes the link between depression and Facebook, they simply say that there is a lingering effect of using Facebook and making comparisons. Although the scholarly article is saying that Facebook can intrude on daily life, they use more complicated jargon. Whereas the scholarly source uses sources for almost every sentence, there is limited citation in the USA Today source. In the USA Today article, they only quote the author of the survey once. Since the researchers of the Baker and Algorta article present research based on the research of others, they heavily cite their evidence while the popular source only cited the basic idea of the lead researcher, David Baker. In these articles,

With this increase in technology, particularly the internet and social media, researchers have begun to question its effects on mental health, particularly anxiety, depression, and loneliness.

Many research projects have suggested that smartphone activity among teens is linked to depression symptoms, “Kids who spend more time online are lonelier than the kids who spend less time online” (Twenge). I disagree with this as being online or on social media gives some kids the feeling of being wanted as they are able to make friends through these platforms. The internet is a popular form of entertainment and in most instances provides teens with something to do. It is a proven fact that suicide rates among teens have spiked throughout generation iGen; however, speaking from experience, my friends and I are often on our smartphones and have never shown any signs of depression or thoughts about self-harm. Twenge states, “Instead of killing each other, teens are beginning to kill themselves.” I somewhat agree with this statement,

To measure the dependent variable each participant was given a ten item multiple choice quiz five minutes after the presentation. All people participating were quizzed two times, one being while texting and once not texting at all.

Firstly, there have been significant links between our online presence and other aspects of our mental health, which has inspired the subject matter of many recent research studies around the world. There are many psychological and physical factors that affect our mental well-being due to the impact of social media. Depression and Body Dysmorphia being the leading causes, due to the content the individuals are exposed to while online. Even though researchers coined the correlation between social media use and depression as complex. Data was collected from a sample of 340 first year college students, and the findings were that the increase use of Facebook have been associated with higher levels of loneliness. Also the extensive use of Facebook has been associated with higher rates of disordered eating and body image insecurity.

People no longer remember phone numbers, spend time outside, or indulge in the moment to its full potential because they place their focus on building their online profile and getting attention from others. However, this can affect people’s mental health. According to Mikel Theobald’s website article “Depression and Social Media,” he states, “when you spend long periods of time on social media, time taken away from other activities that might encourage better emotional health, like exercising, meeting up with friends, and engaging in other activities that provide pleasure” (Theobald, 1). Theobald is arguing that people are over involved with social media that it takes away time from doing pleasurable things. The decrease in pleasurable activities results in loneliness, which leads to depression. Social media detaches people from reality and causes them to isolate themselves at home and fawn over other people’s online personas. In addition, people who feel that they do not receive enough “likes” or “reposts” on their social media accounts have lower self esteems, and allow their minds to occupy thoughts about how they are not good enough, or how unpopular they believe themselves to

Mental Time bomb In her 2017 article, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation,” Jean Twenge argues that one of the main causes of our generations unhealthy habits is linked with our addiction to smartphones. Jean takes a unique perspective when analyzing how people in our generation interact with each other, as well as how we view ourselves individually. Although there is good evidence that smartphones affect social interactions, I believe that the over usage of social media on smartphones is having greater effects on people’s mental health and well-being.

My research topic is related to the relationship between sleep and depression. Many disorders go hand in hand and I believe that these disorders hold a very strong relationship. More specifically, my research topic revolves around how insomnia and mood disorders, like depression, are comorbid and the appropriate methods of therapy to treat them. My hypothesis is that cognitive behavior therapy is an effective treatment towards treating sleep and mood disorders.

The advent of social technology may bear some responsibility for anxiety and depression in adolescents, teenagers, and young adults. Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram -- they are all fun -- until things get out of hand. The 2014 National College Health Assessment, a survey of nearly 80,000 college students throughout the United States, found that 54% of students reported experiencing overwhelming anxiety in the past 12 months and that 32.6% "felt so depressed that it was difficult to function" during the same period. The study also found that 6.4% had "intentionally, cut, burned, bruised or otherwise injured" themselves, that 8.1% had seriously considered suicide and that 1.3% had attempted suicide (Potarazu). Sreedhar uses logos to support how social media have some part in the causes of anxiety and depression in adolescents, teenagers, and young adults. He uses the survey data conducted by The National College Health Assessment to prove his point.

Luigi Gallimberti, et. al discusses in their article “Problematic Cell Phone Use for Text Messaging and Substance Abuse in Early Adolescence (11- to 13-year-olds),” that problematic cell phone use (PCPU), is associated with psychological distress, low self-esteem, depression, drug abuse, insomnia, and thoughts of suicide (356). The overuse of cellphones can really detriment a person mentally and could cause them to arrive at one of these issues stated. An issue also arises when a person with a cell phone addiction is in school. They tend to remain unfocused while on their phones and they don’t participate during class. In a sample, the students who had better test grades were less likely to have a problematic cell phone addiction (Gallimberti, et. al 360). This finding confirms the positive association between cell phone addiction and poor performance in school. In schools, it was concluded that this overuse of cellphones was positively connected with deficient school performance in teens with an average age of 15.7 years old (Gallimberti, et. al 360). Aviad Hadar studies in his article “Answering the Missed Call: Initial Exploration of Cognitive and Electrophysiological Changes Associated With Smartphone Use and Abuse” that cell phone addiction was studied to be linked with reduced attention, changes in how someone processes, stores, and applies information about other people and social

Now days, the internet and constant connection to other people shapes communication. Generally online, people are more open to posting personal feelings about the depression. However personally I feel there is a disconnect between the internet in the real world. What people discuss on there isn’t usually carried into real world conversations. This proves a problem, as I previously state that I don’t think depression can be treated by just one person helping, someone reaching out online will be a significant help, but is no excuse for actual conversations. These days, technology takes over so many of our lives, it forces us to prioritize who to talk to. When someone with me is excessively using their phone, it makes me feel like they think the person they are talking to is more important than me, and lack the common courtesy of not ignoring a person. I still think that people are generally just as friendly when not on their phone. I’ve recently been getting sick of all the electronic connects, and want to go on some weekends where I don’t bring my phone with me or even use a computer. However, the implications of doing that in a rapidly changing world makes it hard to leave a phone for more than a couple of hours at a time. This growing addiction is not only shaping the way people communicate, but why and how people develop mental disorders. This new culture is moving so fast that it cannot be questioned, yet no one can fully keep up with the implications and harm, as everyone is so quick to see the advantages and jump on the