Adverse Impact of Social Media for Teens

Adolescents who spent more daily air and air-sms social media tend to have worse behavior than their friends who are not too active air and air-sms social media. Thus the conclusion of a recent study.

Research conducted by Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, studied 4257 high school students in a town on the outskirts of the United States.

Teens who are too active pro-sms or known by the term "hyper-texters" are those who wrote more than 120 messages per day. They tend to behave badly, namely:

     40% tried smoking.
     43% tried to drink liquor.
     41% tried to use illicit drugs.
     55% tried to fight.
     90% of them have more than 4 dates.

"These results show, if not controlled, adolescents who are too active pro-sms has a tendency to behave badly." demolished, Scott Frank, MD, of Case Western Reserve. "This is a warning to parents to pay more attention to activities of their sons and daughters."

Frank and his friends also reported active youth research tehadap bersosial media or known by the term "hyper-networking." Those who belong to this group is that spend their time more than 3 hours per day hanging out in the world of social media. They are at risk:

     62% tried smoking.
     79% tried alcohol.
     69% tried to party liquor.
     84% tried to drug trafficking.
     94% tried to fight.
     69% of attempted sexual contact.
     60% have more than 4 dates.

Frank presented the findings of this in Denver, the United States during the meeting to the 138, American Public Health Association.