ArticlePloS one2019
Transitions in smartphone addiction proneness among children: The effect of gender and use patterns.
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- Does Smartphone Addiction Fall on a Continuum of Addictive Behaviors?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
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- The Association Between Bedtime Procrastination, Sleep Quality, and Problematic Smartphone Use in Adolescents: A Mediation Analysis.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2024Article
- Unpacking the relation between children's use of digital technologies and children's well-being: A scoping review.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2023Article
- Work conflict: Another trigger to smartphone addiction of individuals with high rumination?PloS one · 2023Article
- Smartphone Addiction among University Students in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Prevalence, Relationship to Academic Procrastination, Quality of Life, Gender and Educational Stage.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Relationship between Korean Parents' Smartphone Addiction and That of Their Children: The Mediating Effects of Children's Depression and Social Withdrawal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Associations between problematic smartphone use and behavioural difficulties, quality of life, and school performance among children and adolescents.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- The Influence of Sociodemographic Factors on Mobile Device Use among Young Children in Putrajaya, Malaysia.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Perceived Stress and Smartphone Addiction in Medical College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotions and the Moderating Role of Psychological Capital.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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- Factors associated with smartphone addiction: A comparative study between Japanese and Thai high school students.PloS one · 2020Article
- Smartphone Distractions and Cognitive Performance in Adolescents: An Electroencephalography Approach.Basic and clinical neuroscienceArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThis study assessed the incidence of transitions in smartphone addiction proneness (SAP) among children and examined the effects of gender, use patterns (social networking sites (SNSs) use and smartphone gaming) and depression on smartphone addiction transitions.
methodsA representative sample of 2,155 children from Taipei completed longitudinal surveys in both 2015 (5th grade) and 2016 (6th grade). Latent transition analysis (LTA) was used to characterize transitions in SAP and to examine the effects of gender, use patterns and depression on SAP transitions.
resultsLTA identified four latent statuses of SAP: about half of the children were in non-SAP status, one-fifth were in tolerance status, one-sixth were in withdrawal status, and one-seventh were in high-SAP status. Both boys and girls had a higher prevalence of high-SAP and tolerance in 6th grade than in 5th grade, whereas in both grades boys had a higher prevalence of high-SAP and withdrawal, and girls had a higher prevalence of non-SAP and tolerance. Controlling for parents' education, family structure, and household income, higher use of SNSs by children, increasing use of mobile gaming and higher levels of depression were individually associated with increased odds of being in one of the three SAP statuses other than non-SAP. When all three covariates were jointly entered into the model, usage of SNSs and depression remained significant predictors.
conclusionBoth boys and girls tended to transition to tolerance or high-SAP statuses, while children's depression and their usage of SNSs increased the risk of smartphone addiction.
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