68% of Americans Suffer from 'Disconnect Anxiety'

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Mar 12th 2008 at 3:12PM

According to a recent study by the Solutions Research Group (Warning: PDF file), Americans just can't stand to be out of touch. According to the survey, 68 percent of Americans suffer from at least occasional disconnect anxiety when away from the computer or cell phone. The participants' feelings when away from the 'net range from general discomfort to inadequacy and panic.

Some other interesting statistics: Only 37 percent of laptop users frequently log on from their bed rooms, but 63 percent of Blackberry users admitted to using their device of choice while in the "washroom." That last number seemed particularly disturbing to our pals over at Engadget, but we'll be the first to admit that entire articles on Switched have been written from the comfort of the porcelain throne (desk?), which really just goes to show how terrified of being disconnected we are.

From Engadget

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Filed under: Cell Phones, Computers, BlackBerry, MySpace

Tags: cell phone, CellPhone, connected, disconnect anxiety, DisconnectAnxiety, e-mail, internet, mobile, research, survey

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