The data correlated to an increase in school loneliness between 2000 and 2018, with nearly all of the increase occurring between 2012 and 2018, according to the researchers. "In both additive and interaction models including year, school loneliness was high when smartphone access and internet use were high. Thus, digital media use predicts school loneliness above the monotonic effect of time." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThey pointed out that school loneliness was not significantly related to income inequality, or family size. "Although these analyses cannot prove causation, they demonstrate that loneliness grew among adolescents around the world in tandem with widespread smartphone and internet use," researchers wrote.

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