ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021
Effect of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Inhibitory Control of College Students with Smartphone Addiction.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05563285 (Effects of Exercise and Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Emotion Regulation and Inhibitory Control of Smartphone Addiction Among Female University Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of Exercise and Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Emotion Regulation and Inhibitory Control of Smartphone Addiction Among Female University Students
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effects of different exercise interventions on reducing internet addiction in adolescents or young adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of exercise and psychological interventions on smartphone addiction among university students: A systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Traditional Social Sports Games and Mental Training for Smartphone Addiction and Psychological Distress in School-Aged Adolescents: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- Acute effects of high-intensity interval training on inhibitory control and prefrontal network topology in problematic social media users: An fNIRS study.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2026Article
- The mediating role of psychological resilience and loneliness between physical activity and mobile phone addiction among adolescents.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- The impact of physical exercise on sleep quality among college students: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The impact of social exclusion on malevolent creativity in college students: the mediating role of aggression and the moderating effect of team sports participation-evidence from universities in Shanghai.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Response inhibition and exercise: from theory to translational practice.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Review
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- The relationship between physical exercise and mobile phone dependence in college students: the chain mediating of self-control and social adaptability.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Sleep, Physical Activity, and Executive Functions in Students: A Narrative Review.Clocks & sleep · 2025Review
- One-year update on physical activity and smartphone addiction in university students: A systematic review of novel research.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Review
- Investigating the Relationship between Loneliness, Physical Activity, and Internet Addiction: The Mediating Role of Academic Burnout and Self-Control.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Emotional Reinforcement Mechanism of and Phased Intervention Strategies for Social Media Addiction.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A longitudinal study on the effect of aerobic exercise intervention on the inhibitory control in college students with internet addiction.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- The effect of physical activities on internet addiction in college students: the mediating effect of self-control.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Effects of three exercise interventions on inhibitory control in college students with internet addiction: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Effects of variable-intensity interval training and moderate-intensity continuous aerobic exercise on executive function and underlying neural mechanisms in male college students.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The relationship between physical exercise and academic burnout in adolescents: the chain-mediated role of internet addiction and self-control.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Could physical activity alleviate smartphone addiction in university students? A systematic literature review.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundInhibitory control deficits may be one important cause for smartphone addiction. The available studies have shown that acute aerobic exercise may improve the inhibitory control. However, there is still lack of research on how regimens of an acute exercise affect this inhibitory control. The present study was to examine the effects of an acute aerobic exercise at three different exercise intensities on changes in the inhibitory control function including response inhibition and interference control in college students with smartphone addiction.
methodsParticipants (
resultsIn study 1, the accuracy of NoGo stimulus after 30 minutes of acute aerobic exercise was significantly increased (
conclusions30 minutes of acute aerobic exercise could effectively elicit changes of the response inhibition in college students with smartphone addiction. The largest improvement was observed in the moderate intensity of an acute aerobic exercise in college students with smartphone addiction.
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