Systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiology of internet addiction

YC Pan, YC Chiu, YH Lin - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The field of internet addiction has experienced significant debates on conflicting
epidemiology. This meta-analysis investigated the prevalence rates of generalized internet …

[HTML][HTML] Antecedents and consequences of problematic smartphone use: A systematic literature review of an emerging research area

PA Busch, S McCarthy - Computers in human behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
This article provides a systematic review of existing research on problematic smartphone
use (PSU) to guide other researchers in search of relevant studies, and to propose areas for …

Excessive smartphone use is associated with health problems in adolescents and young adults

Y Wacks, AM Weinstein - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background and Aims: This present paper will review the existing evidence on the effects of
excessive smartphone use on physical and mental health. Results: Comorbidity with …

Smartphone addiction and depression, anxiety: The role of bedtime procrastination and self-control

Y Geng, J Gu, J Wang, R Zhang - Journal of affective disorders, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Owing to the widespread use of smartphones, researchers have an increasing
interest in smartphone addiction. The purpose of this study is to look into the outcomes of …

Smartphone use and smartphone addiction in middle school students in Korea: Prevalence, social networking service, and game use

SS Cha, BK Seo - Health psychology open, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aimed to examine smartphone use patterns, smartphone addiction
characteristics, and the predictive factors of the smartphone addiction in middle school …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for problematic smartphone use in children and adolescents: a review of existing literature

L Fischer-Grote, OD Kothgassner, A Felnhofer - neuropsychiatrie, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The percentage of smartphone users—especially among minors—is growing,
and so is the body of literature hinting at increasing rates of problematic smartphone use in …

Mobile phone use and mental health. A review of the research that takes a psychological perspective on exposure

S Thomée - International journal of environmental research and …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this study was to carry out a review of observational studies that consider
links between mobile phone use and mental health from a psychological or behavioral …

The influence of depressive symptoms and fear of missing out on severity of problematic smartphone use and Internet gaming disorder among Chinese young adults …

G Yuan, JD Elhai, BJ Hall - Addictive Behaviors, 2021 - Elsevier
Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and problematic smartphone use (PSU) symptoms are
associated with increased depression symptom severity across studies. The current study …

Disruption of adolescents' circadian clock: The vicious circle of media use, exposure to light at night, sleep loss and risk behaviors

Y Touitou, D Touitou, A Reinberg - Journal of Physiology-Paris, 2016 - Elsevier
Although sleep is a key element in adolescent development, teens are spending increasing
amounts of time online with health risks related to excessive use of electronic media …

Children's use of mobile devices, smartphone addiction and parental mediation in Taiwan

FC Chang, CH Chiu, PH Chen, JT Chiang… - Computers in Human …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study assessed the prevalence of smartphone addiction among children in Taiwan and
examined the related factors. A total of 2621 fifth-grade students and 2468 parents from 30 …