Background Recent research links problematic smartphone use (PSU) and mental health
problems. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the relationship between PSU …

Although many benefits emerge from the growing capabilities of smartphones, there are also
concerns related to the long-term hyper-connected experience. Based on a systematic …

Background Research literature on problematic smartphone use, or smartphone addiction,
has proliferated. However, relationships with existing categories of psychopathology are not …

Living in an intensifying technological and digital environment makes people more engaged
with smartphones and related internet platforms. Alongside its highly debated advantages …

Over the past decade, smartphones have permeated all domains of adolescents' everyday
lives, with research dominated by “smartphone addiction.” This study compares one of the …

Background: The pervasiveness of smartphones has raised concerns about an increase in
the prevalence of problematic smartphone use (PSU), which depends on a set of …

Abstract The Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS) is a brief measure
that can be used to screen for risk associated with smartphone addiction. While it has been …

Objectives The study aims to assess prevalence of smartphone addiction symptoms, and to
ascertain whether depression or anxiety, independently, contributes to smartphone …

The emerging addiction-related phenomenon of problematic smartphone use was explored
through the development and psychometric investigation of the Problematic Smartphone …

Nowadays, due to its complexity the mobile phone became a smart phone that can be used
everywhere in both our professional and personal life. Smartphone usage has become of …