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Relationship between Lifestyle and Self-Reported Smartphone Addiction in adolescents in the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods study.
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- Relationship Between Smartphone Use and Traumatic Tooth Fractures in Korean Adolescents.International journal of paediatric dentistry · 2025Article
- Objectively Measured Smartphone Use and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Among College Students: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR mental health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with problematic use of smartphone in high school students from southern Brazil.Cadernos de saude publica · 2025Article
- Smartphone addiction among adolescents: associations with mental health, physical inactivity, daytime sleepiness, and consumption of ultra-processed foods.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2025Article
- Association between smartphone overdependence and mental health in South Korean adolescents: a secondary data analysis.Child health nursing research · 2024Article
- Smartphone Addiction Among University Students' During the Post-COVID-19 Era: The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Future Anxiety.Psychiatry investigation · 2023Article
- Did smartphones enhance or diminish well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic?Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- The Impact of Undergraduates' Social Isolation on Smartphone Addiction: The Roles of Academic Anxiety and Social Media Use.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Prospective Association between Smartphone Addiction and Perceived Stress and Moderation of Boredom during COVID-19 in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Smartphone addiction risk, technology-related behaviors and attitudes, and psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Internet Gaming Disorder Under the COVID-19 Pandemic Among University Students in Macao.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
objectives1) To verify the association between Lifestyle and Self-Reported Smartphone Addiction in adolescents; and 2) to analyze the adolescents' perception of this relationship in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
methodA mixed-methods research study with a sequential and explanatory design, developed with Brazilian adolescents aged between 15 and 18 years old. In the first phase, a quantitative, observational and cross-sectional study was carried out with 479 participants and, in the second, a qualitative approach of an exploratory and descriptive nature, with 16 participants.
resultsAn association was verified between Lifestyle and Self-Reported Smartphone Addiction by adolescents (p < 0.01), with a large size effect (d=0.98). All the domains related to lifestyle were associated with Self-Reported Smartphone Addiction, with greater effects evidenced in the following aspects: high effect for sleep, seat belt, stress and safe sex (d=0.85); and moderate effect for insight (d=0.74) and career (d=0.71). Subsequently, the qualitative analysis resulted in a category that describes how the adolescents understand this relationship in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
conclusionMore problematic lifestyles were evidenced among the adolescents classified as dependent. In addition to that, it was understood that the COVID-19 pandemic exerted a considerable impact on the lifestyle and behavior established by the adolescents with their smartphones. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PRACTICE: Nurses and other health professionals are essential in the promotion of healthy lifestyles and adaptive behavior in smartphone use, especially in the face of this pandemic scenario and, thus, mitigating the harms to the adolescents' health.
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