ReviewFrontiers in psychiatry2016
Cell-Phone Addiction: A Review.
Review in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 233 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
233 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The relationship between academic burnout and problematic smartphone use: a three-level meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Mapping research on ICT addiction: a comprehensive review of Internet, smartphone, social media, and gaming addictions.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Dose-response analysis of smartphone usage and self-reported sleep quality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2023Pooled 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
- Effects of exercise and psychological interventions on smartphone addiction among university students: A systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Smartphone Addiction and Eysenck's Personality Traits Among Chinese Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- More boring, more craving for smartphone use? The moderating role of fear of missing out.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Trial
- The good and the bad: A qualitative investigation of students' perspectives on their problematic smartphone use.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Article
- The Dose-Response Relationship Between Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Smartphone Addiction in First-Year Tehran University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Smartphone addiction, nomophobia, and neck-related functional disability among undergraduate students in a Nigerian University: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Association between smartphone overdependence and alcohol and tobacco use behaviors among adolescents in Korea.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- MOVE@NUS digital intervention cohort: protocol of a pilot study to promote healthy movement in university students.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2026Article
- Prevalence of health issues among youth in Kolar - findings from a large-scale population-based cross-sectional study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026Article
- The mediating and moderating effects of learning engagement and physical exercise on the mobile phone addiction and academic burnout.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- High efficiency of 70% isopropanol in reducing microbial contamination on healthcare workers' smartphone surfaces: a pre-post study in Peru.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2026Article
- Gender differences in the impact of short video addiction on depression among college students: the mediating effect of self-concept clarity.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- "If I can get my work done, I'm not addicted to my phone": Investigating smartphone use among language students.PloS one · 2026Article
- Move more, scroll less? Physical activity, smartphone use, and subjective body shape perception in adolescents: within-person associations in gender-stratified analyses.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Mobile phone addiction in African societies.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Problematic mobile phone use, loneliness, and life satisfaction among college students during the COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai: a cross-sectional mediation analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
173 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
We present a review of the studies that have been published about addiction to cell phones. We analyze the concept of cell-phone addiction as well as its prevalence, study methodologies, psychological features, and associated psychiatric comorbidities. Research in this field has generally evolved from a global view of the cell phone as a device to its analysis
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