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Your Phone Habits May Be Damaging Your Relationship

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cell-phone-hurts-relationships-phone-snub_us_560c0cdee4b0dd85030a1c4eLindsay Holmes Deputy Healthy Living Editor, The Huffington PostHere’s yet another reason compulsive phone-checkers may want to stash their device more often: Cell phones can damage romantic relationships and lead to a greater chance of depression, according to a new study.Researchers from Baylor University conducted two separate surveys of nearly 500 U.S. adults in order to analyze the effects of “Pphubbing,” or partner phone snubbing. In other words, they wanted to find out how often people are distracted by their phones when they’re with their significant others and if it had any effect on their relationships.Unsurprisingly, the study uncovered that when partners felt “phone snubbed,” it created conflict and led to lower reported satisfaction in the relationship. This created a domino effect of sorts, researchers said, and led to lower reported life satisfaction and ultimately to greater reported levels