In the days when Americans were said to be prejudiced against the Chinese,
Richard Lapierre, an American social psychologist, conducted the following study.
Now that researchers know that there is a link between smartphone dependency and depression and loneliness, future work should focus on
better understanding why that relationship exists, Lapierre says.
The main takeaway is that smartphone dependency directly predicts
later depressive symptoms,” says Matthew Lapierre, an assistant professor in the communication department in the College of Social
and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona.