ReviewFrontiers in psychology2020
Problematic Mobile Phone and Smartphone Use Scales: A Systematic Review.
Review in Frontiers in psychology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06648538 (Evaluation D'une Application D'éducation Thérapeutique Dans La Prise En Charge De Jeunes Ayant Un Usage Modéré Ou Problématique Des Écrans), which is not on this map. Cited by 95 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Evaluation D'une Application D'éducation Thérapeutique Dans La Prise En Charge De Jeunes Ayant Un Usage Modéré Ou Problématique Des Écrans
Who cites it
95 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The relationship between academic burnout and problematic smartphone use: a three-level meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Smartphone-Based Hand Function Assessment: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Problematic smartphone use and academic achievement: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of mobile phones and wireless devices use on children and adolescents' mental health: a systematic review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- The relationship between childhood trauma and internet addiction in adolescents: A meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Pooled it
- Correlations between problematic internet use and suicidal behavior among Chinese adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled 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 Emotion Regulation (ER) and Problematic Smartphone Use (PSU): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of discrepancies between logged and self-reported digital media use.Nature human behaviour · 2021Pooled it
- The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Mobile Phone Addiction Among Adolescents: A Cross-Lagged Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Assessing mobile phone attachment: a psychometric study in the Portuguese young adult population.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2026Article
- Psychological Factors Applicable to App Development for Overcoming Problematic Smartphone Use: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.Psychiatry investigation · 2026Article
- Family-Based Preventive Interventions for Problematic Internet Use Among Children and Adolescents: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Physical activity motivation is inversely associated with anxiety: a cross-sectional serial mediation analysis involving smartphone addiction symptoms and sleep quality in medical undergraduates.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- A Seven-Year Follow-Up of Smartphone Addiction and Psychological and Social Adjustment in the Adult Spanish Population.Psychosocial intervention · 2026Article
- Smartphone Ownership, Age of Smartphone Acquisition, and Health Outcomes in Early Adolescence.Pediatrics · 2026Article
- The digital tether: a SA-SV based survey on smartphone addiction among young adults in Southern Italy.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- The role of socioemotional skills and phone dependency in predicting patterns of school engagement and burnout among primary school students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The relationship between anxiety and problematic mobile phone use among Chinese college students: a moderated mediation model.BMC psychology · 2025Article
35 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The popularity of smartphones is undeniable in nearly all facets of society. Despite the many benefits attributed to the technology, concern has grown over the potential for excessive smartphone use to become problematic in nature. Due to the growing concerns surrounding the recognized and unrecognized implications of smartphone use, great efforts have been made through research to evaluate, label and identify problematic smartphone use mostly through the development and administration of scales assessing the behavior. This study examines 78 existing validated scales that have been developed over the past 13 years to measure, identify or characterize excessive or problematic smartphone use by evaluating their theoretical foundations and their psychometric properties. Our review determined that, despite an abundance of self-report scales examining the construct, many published scales lack sufficient internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Additionally, there is a lack of research supporting the theoretical foundation of many of the scales evaluated. Future research is needed to better characterize problematic smartphone use so that assessment tools can be more efficiently developed to evaluate the behavior in order to avoid the excessive publication of seemingly redundant assessment tools.
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