Smartphone Use Predicts Being an "Active Couch Potato" in Sufficiently Active Adults.

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Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

1. The Mediating Roles of Sleep Quality and Physical Activity in the Association Between Smartphone Addiction and Physical Fitness Among College Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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2. Stability and change in latent movement behaviour profiles during adolescence and links with future depressive symptoms.Scientific reports · 2025
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3. Passive sensing of smartphone use, physical activity and sedentary behavior among adolescents and young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2024
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4. Sports and exercise-related smartphone use is antagonistic to hedonic use in regular exercisers: A cross-sectional study examining the roles of exercise frequency and duration.Health science reports · 2024
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5. Examining the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines among Adults with Intellectual Disability: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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6. When Much Is Too Much-Compared to Light Exercisers, Heavy Exercisers Report More Mental Health Issues and Stress, but Less Sleep Complaints.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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7. From low sense of control to problematic smartphone use severity during Covid-19 outbreak: The mediating role of fear of missing out and the moderating role of repetitive negative thinking.PloS one · 2021
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8. Associations of Objectively-Assessed Smartphone Use with Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, Mood, and Sleep Quality in Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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Authors and funding

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