The women who reported high levels of technoference in interactions with their partners were less happy with their relationships and with their lives overall.

phone love can go too far — so far that it can interfere with human love

We have an intimate relationship with our phones.

“The big challenge is that people are not talking about these issues enough,” said Daniel Ellenberg, a psychotherapist and partner with Ms. Bell in Relationships That Work.

“People are beginning to realize that something is amiss,” said Sherry Turkle, an M.I.T. technology professor and author

It’s not just women who are feeling dissed. Dr. Roberts, who is a professor of marketing at Baylor University

If you’re feeling frustrated by phone interference in your relationship, talk to your partner but be positive.

we’re tuning out our partners and interrupting a kind of biological broadband connection.

We check them, on average, 47 times a day — 82 times if you’re between 18 and 24 years old, according to recent data.