https://www.havasunews.com/news/ua-researchers-studying-effects-of-smartphones-on-personal-relationships/article_4636c5cb-bc0c-58fe-83f6-e7dc77645015.html > Several researchers at the University of Arizona are studying the effects smartphones have on personal relationships. > “This is really a big critical period of self-examination in terms of how we’re interacting with our phones and how we want to interact with our phones and what’s happening to us by virtue of our phones,” said David Sbarra, a UA psychology professor, who directs the Laboratory for Social Connectiveness and Health.