Doomscrolling's real cost: the feed stops, the rumination doesn't
We treat workday doomscrolling as a productivity leak, but new Texas A&M research says the bigger hit lands after the scrolling stops. Across US and UK studies, workers who binge negative news ruminate long after they put the phone down, and that residual replay drags down work engagement, especially among the neurotic. Managers who only count screen time miss the real cost.