Introduction Smartphone and social media use is prevalent during adolescence, with high
levels of use associated with lower levels of mental well-being. Secondary schools in the UK …

Introduction Smartphone and social media use is prevalent during adolescence, with high
levels of use associated with lower levels of mental well-being. Secondary schools in the UK …

In recent years a public debate has been growing around mobile media and young people,
as research has found adverse relationships between the intensive use of smartphones and …

Background Depression and anxiety are common in adolescents and have increased over
the last decade. During that period, smartphone usage has become ubiquitous. Objectives …

Smartphone use has become increasingly popular and almost all age cohorts engage in
smartphone usage for a wide variety of activities. This study aims to investigate the …

The growing use of smartphones has been pointed out as one of the main reasons for the
decrease in children's outdoor time. However, there is still a gap in our understanding of …

Purpose: Previous studies focusing on the relationship between adolescents' screen time
and mental health have uncovered contradictory results. By focusing on smartphone use …

• Evidence from a variety of cross-sectional, longitudinal and empirical studies implicate
smartphone and social media use in the increase in mental distress, self-injurious behaviour …

Background and objectives Recent studies have reported an increasing incidence of anxiety
among adolescent girls, and associated this with self-reported social media use. This study …

The current study used device-logged screen-time records to measure week-to-week within-
person associations between stress and smartphone use in undergraduate students (N …