Teens today have the world at your fingertips. Literal. Because as many as 94% of the Dutch 12 t / m 17 year olds have a smartphone, according to figures from My Child Online.
With speeds that a few years ago were unthinkable, they surf the worldwide web. For many teenagers is a day without internet thus almost impossible.
Child psychologist Yekaterina Murashova doing research on Internet use among young people. According Murashova is the youth of today are unable to entertain themselves and teenagers rarely use their imagination.
To test her hypothesis, she asked 68 teenagers between 12 and 18 years old to enjoy themselves for eight hours without technology. That means no TV, no computer, no console or smartphone. They were allowed to read, write, make music, painting, crafts, singing, hiking and much more.
Because it was purely that they could entertain themselves, there was no interaction with others. During the experiment, respondents were allowed to talk to the bus driver or cashier example. We put the results for you here.
1 Anxious, nauseous and dizzy
Virtually all the participating teens gave for the experiment to feel anxious, nauseous and dizzy. The majority also said to suffer from hot flashes.
2 Panic attacks and suicidal thoughts
Five teenagers said that they had during the eight hours without the Internet suffer from panic attacks. And no less than three adolescents had suicidal thoughts during the experiment.
3 Only three teenagers held out for eight full hours
Of all the 68 participants, only three teenagers kept it for eight hours without full Internet access. The rest dropped out prematurely.
4 Do not live without the Internet
After the experiment, a number of questions are put to the adolescents. Certainly 51 of 68 participants hereby used terms that are often associated with addiction. So many teens say they can not live without Internet, to depend on them and gave them even to a compulsive user.
But fortunately, there is good news! Six participants decided after the experiment on their own time to spend another eight hours without internet and it was a lot better. After two or three attempts, most were able to live a day offline. Detoxification can so much!
We are wondering if you are able to spend a day without the internet. Can you really not share Facebooking, flaps and photos a day via Instagram? Fill in the poll!
Puck Rust / © Metronieuws.nl/xl
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