Sentences with phrase «phubbing by»

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Then there's the concept of «phubbing» — snubbing an in - person companion by looking at your phone.

There's even a term for it: phubbing, which means being snubbed by your partner for the presence of a smartphone instead.

«For instance, the term «phubbing» means being snubbed by someone who continuously uses their cell phone in the presence of your company.

This could mean that couples who have been together for less time are not as annoyed by phubbing.

A follow - up study by Chinese scientists assessed 243 married adults with similar results: Partner phubbing, because it was associated with lower marital satisfaction, contributed to greater feelings of depression.In a study poignantly titled, «My life has become a major distraction from my cell phone,» Meredith David and James Roberts suggest that phubbing can lead to a decline in one of the most important relationships we can have as an adult: the one with our life partner.

The scientists found that phubbing, by lowering marital satisfaction, affected a partner's depression and satisfaction with life.