ArticleJournal of behavioral addictions2015
Smartphone use and smartphone addiction among young people in Switzerland.
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273 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 916 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The impact of handheld devices on the wrist and thumb: a systematic review.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2025Pooled it
- Association between Problematic Use of Smartphones and Mental Health in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Mobile Phone Addiction Among Adolescents and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Observational Studies.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2022Pooled it
- The impact of problematic smartphone use on children's and adolescents' quality of life: A systematic review.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2021Pooled it
- Smartphone Overuse and Visual Impairment in Children and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- The association between the Big Five personality traits and smartphone use disorder: A meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2020Pooled it
- Smartphone screen time reduction improves mental health: a randomized controlled trial.BMC medicine · 2025Trial
- Effects of a 14-day social media abstinence on mental health and well-being: results from an experimental study.BMC psychology · 2024Trial
- The good and the bad: A qualitative investigation of students' perspectives on their problematic smartphone use.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of smartphone addiction among caregivers of children with physical disabilities in Nepal: A cross-sectional study.Journal of public health research · 2026Article
- Association between problematic smartphone use, loneliness, and risk behaviors among high school students in a conflict-affected setting: A cross-sectional study from Palestine.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Problematic patterns of social media use increase with spontaneous cortical activity and transdiagnostic mental health symptoms in youth.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026Article
- 24-h smartphone usage patterns in university students using high-granularity tracking.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Association between smartphone overdependence and alcohol and tobacco use behaviors among adolescents in Korea.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Prospective Associations Between Early Adolescent Problematic Screen Use, Mental Health, Sleep, and Substance Use.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Academic procrastination as a mediator linking fear of missing out and social phobia to smartphone addiction among university students: a structural model.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Sex-specific neural responses to smartphone cues in young adults.Biology of sex differences · 2026Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsSmartphone addiction, its association with smartphone use, and its predictors have not yet been studied in a European sample. This study investigated indicators of smartphone use, smartphone addiction, and their associations with demographic and health behaviour-related variables in young people.
methodsA convenience sample of 1,519 students from 127 Swiss vocational school classes participated in a survey assessing demographic and health-related characteristics as well as indicators of smartphone use and addiction. Smartphone addiction was assessed using a short version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale for Adolescents (SAS-SV). Logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate demographic and health-related predictors of smartphone addiction.
resultsSmartphone addiction occurred in 256 (16.9%) of the 1,519 students. Longer duration of smartphone use on a typical day, a shorter time period until first smartphone use in the morning, and reporting that social networking was the most personally relevant smartphone function were associated with smartphone addiction. Smartphone addiction was more prevalent in younger adolescents (15-16 years) compared with young adults (19 years and older), students with both parents born outside Switzerland, persons reporting lower physical activity, and those reporting higher stress. Alcohol and tobacco consumption were unrelated to smartphone addiction. DISCUSSION: Different indicators of smartphone use are associated with smartphone addiction and subgroups of young people have a higher prevalence of smartphone addiction.
conclusionsThe study provides the first insights into smartphone use, smartphone addiction, and predictors of smartphone addiction in young people from a European country, which should be extended in further studies.
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