Cell Phone Texting Associated with Health Risks for Teens

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Teens who spend excessive amounts of time texting and networking are associated with greater risk for unhealthy behaviors or mental health problems, according to a Case Western Reserve School of Medicine study.
The research was conducted to determine if communication technologies could be associated with poor health behaviors, including drinking, smoking, and sexual activity. The study based its findings upon a sample of high school students from an urban Midwestern U.S. county.
According to the findings, nearly 20 percent of the participants were “hyper-texters.” The researchers defined “hyper-texting” as texting more than 120 messages per school day. Many of these participants were female, from lower socioeconomic status, a member of a minority group, and had no father in the home.
Specifically, these hyper-texting teens were found to be highly at risk

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