Have you ever started checking your phone in the middle of confiscation? You might think it’s urgent or that you just accidentally check, listening to another person’s conversations. However, this behavior focus on your phone rather than actively listen and participate in the conversation, call phubbing.
PHUBBING essentially ignores anyone to use your phone. This term comes from the “phone” and “snubbing” mix. Those who are highlighted may feel excluded and neglected, because a person who uses a phone is not thoughtful.
A study published in psychological reports shows that those who are often involved in PHUBBing also feel a decrease in their empathy, which is an opportunity to understand what someone feels and sees things from their point of view.
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Phubbing reduces empathy
Phubbing shows a slight decrease in empathy, the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. In turn, almost similar to a chain reaction, when the empathy decreases, people become less willing to help others or participate in actions that benefit others, also known as Prosocial behavior.
Two parts of the study were conducted by researchers. The first included an online survey involving 220 English-speaking adults, which studied habits, empathy, self-control and promotional intentions. The resulting data clearly showed that those who were engaged in slumbering are more often revealing lower promotional intentions.
Although in this part, the researchers did not establish the connection between empathy and directly. They found that phubbing leads to self -control (which is inability to control the impetus or call, in which case checking the phone), which in turn reduces empathy and subsequently.
This is essentially a chain reaction. With low self -control, people are rapidly eager to check their phones more often, and as a result, they are missing in a social conversation. If they do not actively listen, they don’t understand what another person can feel. With this reduction of empathy, the willingness to act kindly or supports also falls.
Habitual and instant flobus
There are two types of focus: the usual Fambing where people do it daily, and periodic factories where it happens less often.
Researchers of the study have found that the usual Faber has less self -control, which makes them distracted and less likely to remain in conversations.
This is not in the case of periodic Fabers. Frequent use of the phone does not interfere with their ability to select other people’s feelings in conversations.
This is important because it also gives an idea of the state of mind of the usual public, and that regularly ignoring others on the phone can indicate deeper psychological problems.
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Note for readers: This article is intended only for information purposes rather than to replace professional advice.
