ArticleInternational journal of mental health and addiction2022
A Nudge-Based Intervention to Reduce Problematic Smartphone Use: Randomised Controlled Trial.
Article in International journal of mental health and addiction, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06550557 (The Effect of a Counseling Intervention on Severe Nomophobia Among Health Care Providers), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Effect of a Counseling Intervention on Severe Nomophobia Among Health Care Providers: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Problematic smartphone use and academic achievement: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Pooled it
- Digital Behavior Change Interventions for Digital Overuse: Scoping Review of Current Approaches and Emerging AI-Enabled Systems.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- The Effect of Brief Mindfulness Meditation on Attention Networks in University Students with Problematic Short-Video Use.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Digital media balance and mental health: effects of a school-based program.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- Physical activity, sleep pattern and problematic internet use in undergraduate health-sciences students of Nepal - A cross-sectional study.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Mediating Effect of Anxiety/Depression Between Nomophobia and Disordered Eating Among Lebanese Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Recreational Screen Time at University Entry and Mental Health and Well-Being Over First Year: U-Flourish Student Well-Being Research: Temps d'écran à des fins de divertissement au moment de l'entrée à l'université, santé mentale et bien-être au cours de la première année : programme de recherche U-Flourish sur le bien-être des étudiants.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2026Article
- Abusive Practices, Self-regulation Strategies, and the Language of Addiction: Narratives Surrounding Problematic Smartphone Use in Southeastern Spanish Youth.Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2026Article
- Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Mediate the Association Between Peer Attachment and Problematic Use of Smartphone.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Progressive Smartphone Restriction Combined with Psychoeducational Guidance and Pre-Sleep Autonomic Regulation Improves Sleep Efficiency and Time-of-Day Cognitive Performance in Physically Active Students with Nomophobia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Directional Relations Between Symptoms of Adolescent Smartphone Addiction, Academic Burnout, and Psychological Distress: A Cross-Lagged Panel Network Analysis.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Article
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- Perceived stress and mobile phone addiction among Chinese undergraduate nursing students: the mediating role of organizational caring climate and self-control.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Technology-based interventions to address internet addictive behaviors: systematic review.Discover mental health · 2025Review
- Reducing smartphone overuse for adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactive disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Active night-time tweeting is associated with meaningfully lower mental wellbeing in a UK birth cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Whole Day Movement Matters to Executive Function Among College Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Beyond problematic social media use and the brain: A public health and policy perspective.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Review
- The Psychopathology of Problematic Smartphone Use (PSU): A Narrative Review of Burden, Mediating Factors, and Prevention.Health science reports · 2025Review
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Abstract
Problematic smartphone use is rising across the world. We tested an intervention with ten strategies that nudge users to reduce their smartphone use, for example by disabling non-essential notifications and changing their display to greyscale. Participants first completed baseline measures of smartphone use, well-being, and cognition before choosing which intervention strategies to follow for 2 to 6 weeks. Study 1 (
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