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 …

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 …

Problematic mobile phone use is an important problem which has increasing prevalence
among adolescents. We should address risk factors to create intervention frameworks …

Growing empirical evidence has identified specific psychological and contextual risk factors
associated with problematic smartphone use (PSU). However, the potential direct and …

Background and aims Previous studies on smartphone use motivation (SUM) and
problematic smartphone use (PSU) have been limited in the utilization of regional samples …

Nearly all children and teens in Hong Kong own a smartphone. There is currently no
validated instrument that measures whether they use their phone too much. This study …

The current research explored the relationship between childhood maltreatment and mobile
phone addiction and the specific internal mechanism from the perspective of attachment …

The wide functionality and the vast range of attributes offered by smartphones has led to a
substantial increase in the average amount of time these devices are used per day. An …

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between Problematic Smartphone Use
(PSU), dissociative experiences and some characteristics of personality. The sample …

Problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) may be the biggest non-drug addiction of the twenty-
first century. This requires that sound–and possibly brief–measurement instruments are …