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Although Generation Z spends a lot of time surfing social networks, they are aware of its impact on mental health
A recent study found that the younger generation, ie Generation ZHe is more aware than his senior colleagues of one of the key aspects of the impact of technology.
New British research has confirmed that most teenagers and young adults spend the last few moments before bed on their mobile phones and go back to them as soon as they open their eyes in the morning.
In fact, four in five – or 80% – of Generation Z born between 1995 and 2009 use their phone in the last three minutes before bed.
Nearly three-quarters of participants, or 74%, use their devices within the first three minutes of waking up in the morning. These numbers were revealed by a study conducted this month by McCrindle Research.
The study found that 75% of Generation Y, or Millennials (those born between 1980 and 1994), looked at their phone in the three minutes before they tried to close their eyes.
As for the generation
The same applies to phone use in the morning, as 79 percent of Generation Y use their phone in the first three minutes after waking up (slightly more than the younger group), while the percentage among Generation Y reaches 58 percent.
The interesting thing about the study is that Generation Z itself (70 percent) believes that they… means of communication Social media has a negative impact on their mental health, compared to Generation Y (56 percent), Generation X (44 percent) and Baby Boomers (21 percent).
Generation Z knows their appetite for social media
In this context, Ashley Fell, social researcher at McCrindle, said the study showed that the younger generation had become more confident and that their appetite for social media was having an impact on their mental health.
“While Generation Z is more accustomed to using their social media for communication and relationships, this generation has also become aware of the impact this has on their mental health,” she said.
In this context, almost half of Australians (47 percent) say social media has a negative impact on their mental health.
More than half – 56 percent – agree that they struggle with spending too much time in front of screens and technology and are therefore trying to reduce the time they spend on social media (67 percent).
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