{"id":17266,"date":"2015-10-07T17:49:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T17:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=17266"},"modified":"2015-10-08T14:17:59","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T14:17:59","slug":"even-saturday-night-live-has-covered-this-baylor-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2015\/10\/even-saturday-night-live-has-covered-this-baylor-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Even ‘Saturday Night Live’ has covered this Baylor research"},"content":{"rendered":"

\""Phubbing"\"<\/p>\n

No matter how you\u00a0get your news, chances are good you’ve seen a story lately on “phubbing” — short for “phone snubbing,” the act of using or being\u00a0distracted by your\u00a0cell phone while in the company of your\u00a0spouse or significant other. The phenomenon and its effects have been discussed\u00a0everywhere from the Today Show<\/a><\/em> to\u00a0TIME<\/em> magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What you may not have realized is that these stories are all based on recently published research by two Baylor professors<\/a>. Drs. James Roberts and Meredith David,\u00a0marketing professors in Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business, published their study — titled “My life has become a major distraction from my cell phone” — in\u00a0the most recent volume of the academic journal Computers in Human Behavior<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

In short, they found that cellphone use is\u00a0indeed\u00a0damaging romantic relationships and leading to higher levels of depression. Here’s a quick overview\u00a0of just a few of the places where you might have seen this\u00a0research\u00a0covered:<\/p>\n