Excessive Smartphone Use, Discontinuity of Self and Developmental Impact

Sunny Kumar Sharma

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| Published: October 31, 2023

Excessive Smartphone Use, Discontinuity of Self and Developmental Impact

Sunny Kumar Sharma

M.Phil. Clinical Psychology Tutor, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi-834006, Jharkhand, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.073.20231104

DOI: 10.25215/1104.073

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The present article aims to understand excessive smartphone use (ESU) in the backdrop of continuity of self and possible impact in the process of cognitive and psychosocial development. Literature indicates that over use of smartphone has various physical and cognitive along with psycho-social effects which can cause acute or chronic difficulties throughout development. The cognitive impact of ESU can facilitate gap in experience of self-continuity and the changes in behavior, feelings and thought can be observed in an individual. The article shall explain the cognitive impact in detail and elaborate on developmental consequences as a result of discontinuity in self.

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Self-Continuity, Self-Knowledge, Cognitive and Psycho-Social Development, Smartphone

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How to cite this article: Sharma, S.K. (2023). Excessive Smartphone Use, Discontinuity of Self and Developmental Impact. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 11(4), 812-818. DIP:18.01.073.20231104, DOI:10.25215/1104.073