Smartphones can cause the owner of the phantom vibration - study

Smartphone users, such as the Blackberry or iPhone, may have obsessive feelings of phantom vibrations from the constant stress caused by the devices.

According to the Telegraph, with reference to results of research conducted by British scientists, the owners of smart phones experience greater stress than usual because of the need to constantly check his e-mail accounts and social networks.

As a result, they begin to feel the "phantom" vibrations - wrongly users think that the phone starts vibrating in their pocket, allegedly accepting a message.

According to the author of the study, the number of people using smartphones is growing very quickly, so "we are inclined to believe that the increase in the number experiencing stress due to the virtual social activity" - says researcher Richard Balding from the University of Worcester.

The results of a scientific experiment will be presented at the Conference on Organizational Psychology in Chester. At the same time in a scientific experiment was attended by 100 volunteers - students and employees of various companies, from public sector organizations to retailers. Study participants filled out questionnaires and were specific psychometric tests to stress.

From these results, researchers concluded that the use of smart phones is associated with different levels of stress identified by the respondents, and this stress is not related to their work. But in this case it is directly linked to the number of checks received messages on smartphones: the people with the highest level of stress felt "phantom" vibrations - they thought that the device has SMS.

Scientists believe that in most cases people use modern mobile devices, to be aware of what is happening at work. However, regular use of these gadgets and close monitoring of the updates-mail, receive messages and stay in social networks creates more pressure on the user.

Author of the study believe that employers should be encouraged to temporarily disable mobile workers as well as under constant stress, employees are unlikely to thrive.