Silencing Smartphones Can Lead to More Stress… Wait, What?

If you suffer with FOMO, this is about YOU.

Silencing your phone might actually make it worse.   That’s according to a study, just published in Computers in Human Behavior.

138 iPhone users completed a survey to determine whether or not they suffered from FOMO, also known as “Fear of Missing Out.”

Individuals with high FOMO scores tended to use their phones more often; and they had higher feelings of stress when their phones were muted.

There’s more, here:  (UPI)