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Teens who spend more time in front of screen are less happy<\/a><\/strong>, according to the study conducted by the University of Michigan<\/strong>, who surveyed over a million teenagers aged between 12 to 16 years.<\/p>

Time spent in front of a smartphone screen can range from anything like surfing the internet, social media<\/a>, texting<\/a>, gaming and video chats. The findings, published in the Emotion<\/em> journal, claims that teenagers who do any of these things for over 40 hours per week, reported the most negative effects.<\/p>

They also found that teenagers who had 5 hours of screen-time a day were twice as likely to be unhappy compared to those with only 1 hour of usage per day.<\/strong><\/p>

And no surprises here; researchers said that teens who socialised in person more (and less so online), were the 'happiest' by far. When defining about 'happiness', factors like self-esteem and life satisfaction are taken into account as a gauge.<\/p>

Although less screen time was beneficial, those who recorded no screen time at all were even more unhappy in fact, proving a healthy balance is always best.<\/p>

These findings come at a time when we are gaining increased knowledge on the effects of social media on depression and anxiety.<\/a> These issues are something many parents<\/a> are concerned about, and struggle to tackle.<\/p>

Getting your kids to get this balance right can be difficult, especially when everyone seems to be on their phones 24\/7, so here are a few tips to get your teens on the right track<\/strong>!<\/p>

Shelina Assomull<\/em><\/p>

Photos: Pixabay\/ Unsplash<\/p>

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The answer is yes, according to The University of Michigan - but why?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":874,"featured_media":296940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Could your teenager addicted to his or her smartphone be unhappy? As it turns out, the answer is yes, according to a new study by the University of Michigan. 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