Even though cell phones are generally thought to connect people with each other, they may make users less socially minded is what was found in a recent study from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.It also decreases pro-social behavior, which means wanting to act in order to benefit another person or society as a whole
The study involved separate sets of male and female college students, who were mostly in their early 20s.Their findings revealed that participants were less likely to volunteer for a community service despite knowing their answers would result in a monetary donation to charity, when asked after a short period of using their cell phone, than those in the control-group.
According to researchers "The cell phone directly evokes feelings of connectivity to others, thereby fulfilling the basic human need to belong."
This leads to a lower desire to connect with others or to be empathic towards others.
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