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Such a harmless and common object in our society represents a real problem for four in ten young adults in Spain, for whom their mobile phone has turned into an addiction that can lead them to consequences as dangerous as those caused by alcohol or drugs.

That is the conclusion reached by Francisca Lopez Torrecillas, lecturer at the department of Personality and Psychological Assessment and Treatment of the University of Granada (UGR) and an expert in psychological addictions, who carried out a fieldwork among several hundreds of 18 to 25-year-old young adults from the city of Granada.

UGR professor warns of the danger that 40 % of young adults admit using their mobile phones during more than four hours a day. Most of them state that they spend several hours a day, using their phones, be it talking, sending text messages or giving the so-called missed or drop calls. Many of these people take a real offence at not getting a missed call or a message answered, which makes them feel deeply upset and sad.

Lopez Torrecillas highlights that this addiction is the result of social changes occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug-addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects, but psychological ones. Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they dont show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others, says the UGR professor.

Mobile-addicts tend to neglect obligations of important activities (e.g. job or studies), drift apart from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about the mobile phone constantly when they do not have it with them. Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem and problems to develop social relations, who feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others.

Francisca Lopez Torrecillas says that these people can become totally upset when deprived from their mobile phones for some time, regardless of the reason. Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems, points out the UGR professor.

Finding out whether your child is a mobile-addict is far from easy. Someone can spend eight hours a day at their computer, or permanently hooked to their phones, and not being an addict. In the case of young people, many parents see this use as something normal, but they should control misuse, warns the professor.

Lopez Torrecillas states that making a reasonable use of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, since it enables them to keep their friends near and feel backed by their peers, but misusing this device can have irreversible effects on the development of teenagers personality.

In fact, addiction to mobile phones should be included into a greater group – that of addiction to new technologies. This is the result of the dramatic change in values taking place in our times. Likewise the hippy movement, a new generation of teenagers is arising and they have grown up surrounded by mobile phones and the Internet, says the author of this work, who highlights that part of the blame is to be put on many parents who buy a mobile phone to their children and force them to have it constantly connected so as to always know where they are.

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London, Feb 28 (IANS) Teenagers who use mobile phones for many hours a day – talking and sending messages or missed calls – may develop psychological disorders, says a study that advices a reasonable use for positive effects.

Francisca Lopez Torrecillas, a lecturer at the department of personality and psychological assessment and treatment of the University of Granada, surveyed several 18 to 25-year-olds from the city of Granada in Spain, said the health portal News Medical.

Torrecillas said this addiction was the result of social changes that occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects – only psychological ones.

Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they dont show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others, she said.

About 40 percent of young adults admit using their mobiles for more than four hours a day. Most of them say they spend several hours a day on their phones. Many of these people are deeply upset if their missed calls or messages do not elicit a response.

Mobile addicts tend to neglect important activities (job or studies), drift away from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about their mobile constantly when they do not have it with them, the study says.

Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem, have problems with developing social relations and feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others, the study says.

Torrecillas says these people can become totally upset when deprived of their mobile phones for sometime, regardless of the reason.

Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems, she added.

However, Torrecillas said that making a reasonable use of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, since it enables them to keep their friends near and feel backed by their peers, but misusing this device can have irreversible effects on the development of teenagers personality.

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Teenagers who use mobile phones for many hours a day – talking and sending messages or missed calls – may develop psychological disorders, says a study that advices a reasonable use for positive effects.

Francisca Lopez Torrecillas, a lecturer at the department of personality and psychological assessment and treatment of the University of Granada, surveyed several 18 to 25-year-olds from the city of Granada in Spain, said the health portal News Medical.

Torrecillas said this addiction was the result of social changes that occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects – only psychological ones.

Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they dont show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others, she said.

About 40 percent of young adults admit using their mobiles for more than four hours a day. Most of them say they spend several hours a day on their phones. Many of these people are deeply upset if their missed calls or messages do not elicit a response.

Mobile addicts tend to neglect important activities (job or studies), drift away from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about their mobile constantly when they do not have it with them, the study says.

Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem, have problems with developing social relations and feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others, the study says.

Torrecillas says these people can become totally upset when deprived of their mobile phones for sometime, regardless of the reason.

Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems, she added.

However, Torrecillas said that making a reasonable use of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, since it enables them to keep their friends near and feel backed by their peers, but misusing this device can have irreversible effects on the development of teenagers personality.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)

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Four in ten young adults are mobile-phone addicts, a behaviour that can cause severe psychological disorders

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28.02.2007
Such a harmless and common object in our society represents a real problem for four in ten young adults in Spain, for whom their mobile phone has turned into an addiction that can lead them to consequences as dangerous as those caused by alcohol or drugs.

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That is the conclusion reached by Francisca López Torrecillas, lecturer at the department of Personality and Psychological Assessment and Treatment of the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada [http://www.ugr.es]) and an expert in psychological addictions, who carried out a fieldwork among several hundreds of 18 to 25-year-old young adults from the city of Granada.

UGR [http://www.ugr.es] professor warns of the danger that 40 % of young adults admit using their mobile phones during more than four hours a day. Most of them state that they spend several hours a day”, using their phones, be it talking, sending text messages or giving the so-called missed or drop calls. Many of these people take a real offence at not getting a missed call or a message answered, which makes them feel deeply upset and sad.

López Torrecillas highlights that this addiction is the result of social changes occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug-addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects, but psychological ones. “Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they don’t show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others”, says the UGR professor.

Symptoms of mobile-addicts

Mobile-addicts tend to neglect obligations of important activities (e.g. job or studies), drift apart from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about the mobile phone constantly when they do not have it with them. “Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem and problems to develop social relations, who feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others.

Francisca López Torrecillas says that these people can become totally upset when deprived from their mobile phones for some time, regardless of the reason. “Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems”, points out the UGR professor.

Hard to spot

Finding out whether your child is a mobile-addict is far from easy. “Someone can spend eight hours a day at their computer, or permanently hooked to their phones, and not being an addict. In the case of young people, many parents see this use as something normal, but they should control misuse”, warns the professor.

López Torrecillas states that making “a reasonable use” of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, “since it enables them to keep their friends near and feel backed by their peers”, but misusing this device “can have irreversible effects on the development of teenagers personality”.

In fact, addiction to mobile phones should be included into a greater group – that of addiction to new technologies. This is the result of the dramatic change in values taking place in our times. Likewise the hippy movement, a new generation of teenagers is arising and they have grown up surrounded by mobile phones and the Internet, says the author of this work, who highlights that part of the blame is to be put on many parents who buy a mobile phone to their children and force them to have it constantly connected so as to always know where they are.

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Spanish scientists point at climate changes as the cause of the Neanderthal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula

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Spanish scientists point at climate changes as the cause of the Neanderthal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula
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28.02.2007
Climate – and not modern humans – was the cause of the Neanderthal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula. Such is the conclusion of the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada) research group RNM 179 – Mineralogy and Geochemistry of sedimentary and metamorphic environments, headed by professor Miguel Ortega Huertas and whose members Francisco José Jiménez Espejo, Francisca Martínez Ruiz and David Gallego Torres work jointly at the department of Mineralogy and Petrology of the UGR [http://www.ugr.es] and the Andalusian Regional Institute of Earth Sciences (CSIC-UGR).

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Together with other scientists from the Gibraltar Museum, Stanford University and the Japan Marine Science & Technology Center (JAMSTEC), the Spanish scientists published in the scientific journal Quaternary Science Reviews an innovative work representing a considerable step forward in the knowledge of human ancestral history.

The results of this multidisciplinary research are an important contribution to the understanding of the Neanderthal extinction and the colonisation of the European continent by Homo Sapiens.

During the last Ice Age, the Iberian Peninsula was a refuge for Neanderthals, who had survived in local pockets during previous Ice Ages, bouncing back to Europe when weather conditions improved.

Climate reconstructions

The study is based upon climate reconstructions elaborated from marine records and using the experience of Spanish and international research groups on Western Mediterranean paleoceanography. The conclusions point out that Neanderthal populations did suffer fluctuations related to climate changes before the first Homo Sapiens arrived in the Iberian Peninsula. Cold, arid and highly variable climate was the least favourable weather for Neanderthals and 24,000 years ago they had to face the worst weather conditions in the last 250,000 years.

The most important about these data is that they differ from the current scientific paradigm which makes Homo Sapiens responsible for the Neanderthal extinction. This work is a contribution to a new scientific current – leaded by Dr. Clive Finlayson, from the Gibraltar Museum – according to which Neanderthal isolation and, possibly, extinction were due to environmental factors.

These studies on climate variability are part of the work of the group RNM 179, funded by the excellence project RNM 0432 of the Andalusian Regional Government’s Department for Innovation, Science and Business and by the MARCAL project of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, both linked to the Andalusian Environment Centre (CEAMA – Centro Andaluz de Medio Ambiente).

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LONDON: Teenagers who use mobile phones for many hours a day – talking and sending messages or missed calls – may develop psychological disorders, says a study that advices a reasonable use for positive effects.

Francisca Lopez Torrecillas, a lecturer at the department of personality and psychological assessment and treatment of the University of Granada, surveyed several 18 to 25-year-olds from the city of Granada in Spain, said the health portal News Medical.

Torrecillas said this addiction was the result of social changes that occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects – only psychological ones.

Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they dont show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others, she said.

About 40 percent of young adults admit using their mobiles for more than four hours a day. Most of them say they spend several hours a day on their phones. Many of these people are deeply upset if their missed calls or messages do not elicit a response.

Mobile addicts tend to neglect important activities (job or studies), drift away from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about their mobile constantly when they do not have it with them, the study says.

Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem, have problems with developing social relations and feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others, the study says.

Torrecillas says these people can become totally upset when deprived of their mobile phones for sometime, regardless of the reason.

Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems, she added.

However, Torrecillas said that making a reasonable use of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, since it enables them to keep their friends near and feel backed by their peers, but misusing this device can have irreversible effects on the development of teenagers personality.
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Teenagers who use mobile phones for many hours a day – talking and sending messages or missed calls – may develop psychological disorders, says a study that advices a reasonable use for positive effects.

Francisca Lopez Torrecillas, a lecturer at the department of personality and psychological assessment and treatment of the University of Granada, surveyed several 18 to 25-year-olds from the city of Granada in Spain, said the health portal News Medical.

Torrecillas said this addiction was the result of social changes that occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects – only psychological ones.

Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they dont show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others, she said.

About 40 percent of young adults admit using their mobiles for more than four hours a day. Most of them say they spend several hours a day on their phones. Many of these people are deeply upset if their missed calls or messages do not elicit a response.

Mobile addicts tend to neglect important activities (job or studies), drift away from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about their mobile constantly when they do not have it with them, the study says.

Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem, have problems with developing social relations and feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others, the study says.

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London, Feb 28 (IANS) Teenagers who use mobile phones for many hours a day – talking and sending messages or missed calls – may develop psychological disorders, says a study that advices a reasonable use for positive effects.

Francisca Lopez Torrecillas, a lecturer at the department of personality and psychological assessment and treatment of the University of Granada, surveyed several 18 to 25-year-olds from the city of Granada in Spain, said the health portal News Medical.

Torrecillas said this addiction was the result of social changes that occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects – only psychological ones.

Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they dont show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others, she said.

About 40 percent of young adults admit using their mobiles for more than four hours a day. Most of them say they spend several hours a day on their phones. Many of these people are deeply upset if their missed calls or messages do not elicit a response.

Mobile addicts tend to neglect important activities (job or studies), drift away from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about their mobile constantly when they do not have it with them, the study says.

Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem, have problems with developing social relations and feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others, the study says.

Torrecillas says these people can become totally upset when deprived of their mobile phones for sometime, regardless of the reason.

Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems, she added.

However, Torrecillas said that making a reasonable use of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, since it enables them to keep their friends near and feel backed by their peers, but misusing this device can have irreversible effects on the development of teenagers personality.

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By IANS, [RxPG] London, Feb 28 – Teenagers who use mobile phones for many hours a day – talking and sending messages or missed calls – may develop psychological disorders, says a study that advices a reasonable use for positive effects.

Francisca Lopez Torrecillas, a lecturer at the department of personality and psychological assessment and treatment of the University of Granada, surveyed several 18 to 25-year-olds from the city of Granada in Spain, said the health portal News Medical.

Torrecillas said this addiction was the result of social changes that occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects – only psychological ones.

Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they dont show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others, she said.

About 40 percent of young adults admit using their mobiles for more than four hours a day. Most of them say they spend several hours a day on their phones. Many of these people are deeply upset if their missed calls or messages do not elicit a response.

Mobile addicts tend to neglect important activities -, drift away from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about their mobile constantly when they do not have it with them, the study says.

Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem, have problems with developing social relations and feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others, the study says.

Torrecillas says these people can become totally upset when deprived of their mobile phones for sometime, regardless of the reason.

Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems, she added.

However, Torrecillas said that making a reasonable use of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, since it enables them to keep their friends near and feel backed by their peers, but misusing this device can have irreversible effects on the development of teenagers personality.

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ISLAMABAD: Teenagers who use mobile phones for many hours a day – talking and sending messages or missed calls – may develop psychological disorders, says a study that advices a reasonable use for positive effects.

Francisca Lopez Torrecillas, a lecturer at the department of personality and psychological assessment and treatment of the University of Granada, surveyed several 18 to 25-year-olds from the city of Granada in Spain, said the health portal News Medical.

Torrecillas said this addiction was the result of social changes that occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects – only psychological ones.

Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they don’t show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others, she said.

About 40 percent of young adults admit using their mobiles for more than four hours a day. Most of them say they spend several hours a day on their phones. Many of these people are deeply upset if their missed calls or messages do not elicit a response.

Mobile addicts tend to neglect important activities (job or studies), drift away from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about their mobile constantly when they do not have it with them, the study says.

Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem, have problems with developing social relations and feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others, the study says.

Torrecillas says these people can become totally upset when deprived of their mobile phones for sometime, regardless of the reason.

Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems, she added.

However, Torrecillas said that making a reasonable use of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, since it enables them to keep their friends near and feel backed by their peers, but misusing this device can have irreversible effects on the development of teenagers’ personality.

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Teenagers who use mobile phones for many hours a day – talking and sending messages or missed calls – may develop psychological disorders, says a study that advices a reasonable use for positive effects.

Francisca Lopez Torrecillas, a lecturer at the department of personality and psychological assessment and treatment of the University of Granada, surveyed several 18 to 25-year-olds from the city of Granada in Spain, said the health portal News Medical.

Torrecillas said this addiction was the result of social changes that occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects – only psychological ones.

Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they dont show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others, she said.

About 40 percent of young adults admit using their mobiles for more than four hours a day. Most of them say they spend several hours a day on their phones. Many of these people are deeply upset if their missed calls or messages do not elicit a response.

Mobile addicts tend to neglect important activities (job or studies), drift away from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about their mobile constantly when they do not have it with them, the study says.

Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem, have problems with developing social relations and feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others, the study says.

Torrecillas says these people can become totally upset when deprived of their mobile phones for sometime, regardless of the reason.

Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems, she added.

However, Torrecillas said that making a reasonable use of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, since it enables them to keep their friends near and feel backed by their peers, but misusing this device can have irreversible effects on the development of teenagers personality.
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ISLAMABAD: Teenagers who use mobile phones for many hours a day – talking and sending messages or missed calls – may develop psychological disorders, says a study that advices a reasonable use for positive effects.

Francisca Lopez Torrecillas, a lecturer at the department of personality and psychological assessment and treatment of the University of Granada, surveyed several 18 to 25-year-olds from the city of Granada in Spain, said the health portal News Medical.

Torrecillas said this addiction was the result of social changes that occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects – only psychological ones.

Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they dont show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others, she said.

About 40 percent of young adults admit using their mobiles for more than four hours a day. Most of them say they spend several hours a day on their phones. Many of these people are deeply upset if their missed calls or messages do not elicit a response.

Mobile addicts tend to neglect important activities (job or studies), drift away from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about their mobile constantly when they do not have it with them, the study says.

Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem, have problems with developing social relations and feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others, the study says.

Torrecillas says these people can become totally upset when deprived of their mobile phones for sometime, regardless of the reason.

Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems, she added.

However, Torrecillas said that making a reasonable use of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, since it enables them to keep their friends near and feel backed by their peers, but misusing this device can have irreversible effects on the development of teenagers personality.

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