Interesting study looked at how the happiness of girls was related to multiple variables, including how much time they spend on their phones and how much they communicate with their parents. The investigators did not find that spending a lot of time on screens had much impact by itself. Instead they found a much bigger effect from whether girls said they could talk to their parents about their problems.
Parent-child communication dominates the model . . . .
Phones do matter, but their role is often misunderstood. Instead of operating as a primary source of distress, heavy phone use appears to function as a compensatory behavior. When young people lack reliable sources of support or connection, they turn to tools that provide stimulation or regulation. Heavy screen use fills gaps left by unmet material and psychological needs.
My question would be, why don't some girls think they can talk to their parents? Is that based entirely on the strength of the relationship, or does it depend on what their problems are? If you are so involved in online life that most of your problems are online, and you know your parents frown on that, does that keep you from talking to them about it? I don't see these as independent variables.
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