Literature has shown that maladaptive smartphone use is more frequent in young adults and
it is frequently associated with a condition of psychological distress. The Smartphone …

Problematic smartphone use (PSU) is an emerging public and social issue, potentially
connected to the significant increase in smartphone applications. Different scales have been …

Research into smartphone addiction has followed the scientific literature on problematic
mobile phone use developed during the last decade, with valid screening scales being …

Abstract The Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI) was developed to assess smartphone
addiction in Taiwanese university students. The purpose of the current research is to …

The increased smartphone use in adolescence has led clinicians and researchers to carry
out in-depth studies on the matter. Adolescents seem to be at risk of smartphone addiction …

Abstract The Mobile Phone Problematic Use Scale (MPPUS) is a self-report measure
developed to identify the problematic use of mobile phones (PSU) among adults. The …

The aim of the present study was to test the psychometric properties of the Italian version of
the Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS; Csibi et al., International …

Smartphone addiction is one of the most common non-drug addictions, accompanied by
negative effects, such as depression, anxiety, self-disclosure, impaired academic …

Method Two hundred and sixteen participants from the general population were included in
the study (January to February 2016), which was available online using Sphinx software. We …

Background: As a device with multiple functions, a smartphone become more and more
relevant in everyday life. However, this goes along with an increase in reports about …