JOURNAL ARTICLE

Pseudoreality and Technology: Smartphone-Related Factors Impacting Mental Health.

  • Published In: Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 2024, v. 52, n. 3. P. 345 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Campbell, Christopher 3 of 3

Abstract

This article explores the intricate relationship between smartphone usage and mental health and the unintended consequences of the rapid integration of this technology into daily life. It explores the ways in which smartphones disrupt opportunities for introspection and self-reflection, decrease engagement in external reality, increase engagement with realities of the virtual world, precipitate ego destabilization, and interfere with sleep and dreaming. The author explores ways in which the split between the real self and the ideal self is impacted by social media. The influence of smartphones on mental health is a complex and evolving issue, demanding ongoing research, understanding, and a heightened awareness of the potentially deleterious consequences of overusing technology in our ever-changing world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Psychodynamic Psychiatry. 2024/09, Vol. 52, Issue 3, p345
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Communication and Mass Media
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:2162-2590
  • DOI:10.1521/pdps.2024.52.3.345
  • Accession Number:179549634
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