Trends and Influencing Factors in Problematic Smartphone Use Prevalence (2012–2022): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

X Lu, X An, S Chen - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Given that problematic smartphone use (PSU) has been researched for a long time, it
becomes necessary to assess how the trends of PSU prevalence have evolved over time. In …

Does adolescents' social anxiety trigger problematic smartphone use, or vice versa? A comparison between problematic and unproblematic smartphone users

XY Wei, L Ren, HB Jiang, C Liu, HX Wang… - Computers in Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
Smartphone provides diverse indirect communication channels for users, which may attract
people with social anxiety. Due to the high risk of developing social anxiety and problematic …

[HTML][HTML] Self-reported smartphone addiction among Brazilian adolescents in the COVID-19 pandemic context: a mixed-method study

BHBM de Freitas, MAM Gaíva, PMJ Diogo… - Trends in …, 2022 - Springer
This study intended to (1) estimate the prevalence of Self-Reported Smartphone Addiction
among adolescents and (2) know the adolescents' perspective on smartphone addiction in …

Smartphone and social network addiction in early adolescents: The role of self‐regulatory self‐efficacy in a pilot school‐based intervention

A Favini, F Culcasi, F Cirimele, C Remondi… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Youths' online problematic behaviors, such as smartphone or social network
sites (SNS) addiction, gained increasing attention nowadays, due to their impact on …

[HTML][HTML] Association between smartphone overdependence and generalized anxiety disorder among Korean adolescents

YS Lee, JH Joo, J Shin, CM Nam, EC Park - Journal of affective disorders, 2023 - Elsevier
Background This study aimed to investigate the association between smartphone
overdependence and generalized anxiety disorder among South Korean adolescents …

Psychological needs satisfaction and smartphone addiction among Chinese adolescents: The mediating roles of social anxiety and loneliness

R Sun, W Li, S Lu, Q Gao - Digital Health, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives Although previous studies have initially noted that psychological needs
satisfaction (PNS) might be a significant risk factor for technology addiction (eg online …

Explainable prediction of problematic smartphone use among South Korea's children and adolescents using a Machine learning approach

K Kim, Y Yoon, S Shin - International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Korea is known for its technological prowess, has the highest smartphone
ownership rate in the world at 95%, and the smallest gap in smartphone ownership between …

Protective and risk factors associated with problem behaviors among disadvantaged children and adolescents in rural China during the COVID-19 pandemic

M Xie, J Sun, AK Nuttall, D Lin - Journal of Pacific Rim …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The global pandemic of COVID-19 has posed critical challenges for child and adolescent
health. Prior research, however, has mostly focused on mental health, adult samples, and …

[HTML][HTML] Smartphones dependency risk analysis using machine-learning predictive models

CF Giraldo-Jiménez, J Gaviria-Chavarro… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Recent technological advances have changed how people interact, run businesses, learn,
and use their free time. The advantages and facilities provided by electronic devices have …

Short-term longitudinal relationship between cumulative ecological risk and smartphone addiction in Chinese adolescents: Gratitude and impulsivity as moderators

A Zhang, Y Xu, B Zhang, Y Chen, S Xiong - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
The study used the Ecological Systems Theory as a framework to test the short-term
longitudinal association between cumulative ecological risk and smartphone addiction, and …