doi: 10.18178/ijssh.2025.15.2.1243
To What Extent Does Mobile Phone Use Influence the Subjective Well-Being of British Adolescents?
Jiawen Yang
- Residential Building of the Acoustics Institute, Beijing, China
- Manuscript received November 29, 2024
- revised December 29, 2024
- accepted January 6, 2025
- published March 25, 2025
Abstract
Over the past decade, mobile phones have become an essential aspect of nearly every adolescent’s lifestyle. Excessive use of mobile phones may have an adverse impact on teenagers’ health. The statistics address the problem that British adolescents are getting less sleep and spending more time watching mobile phones. Subjective well-being refers to the way people evaluate their lives. High levels of subjective well-being are thought to be more essential in judging quality of life than either moral goodness or wealth throughout individuals’ lives. The study aims to investigate a possible correlation between different types of MPU and various aspects of the subjective well-being of British adolescents, including academic performance, sleep outcomes, and mental health. A questionnaire with sixth-form students is used, and numerical data is compared to test the correlations. Key results show a negative correlation between multitasking with MPU and academic performance, a negative correlation between MPU and sleep outcomes, and a positive correlation between Passive Social Media Use (PSMU) and mental health. However, a content appraisal is found to influence the relationship between PSMU and mental health. The results also suggest that adolescents are not following the guidelines for screen time and sleep. The key findings in this study suggest that British adolescents need to increase awareness of properly using mobile phones to improve their well-being.
Keywords
- academic performance
- British adolescents
- mental health
- mobile phone
- sleep
- social media use
- well-being
How to Cite
Jiawen Yang, "To What Extent Does Mobile Phone Use Influence the Subjective Well-Being of British Adolescents?," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 67-73, 2025. https://doi.org/ 10.18178/ijssh.2025.15.2.1243
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