SynthesisFrontiers in psychology2022
Correlations between smartphone addiction and alexithymia, attachment style, and subjective well-being: A meta-analysis.
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- Impact of digital addiction on youth health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Pooled it
- Psychological "effects" of digital technology: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
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- Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Mediate the Association Between Peer Attachment and Problematic Use of Smartphone.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Smartphone addiction affects life satisfaction among Chinese university students: the serial mediation effects of social anxiety for social media users and mental well-being.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The role of psychological flexibility and emotion regulation in the relationship between smartphone addiction and psychological wellbeing in adolescents: three-wave longitudinal serial mediation study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Article
- The Role of Fear of Negative Evaluation and Loneliness in Linking Insecure Attachment to Social Media Addiction: Evidence from Chinese University Students.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Adaptation and Validation of the Spanish Version of the Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS).Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Psychometric properties of the smartphone addiction scale-short version (SAS-SV) in Honduran university students.PloS one · 2025Article
- Social pressures and their impact on smartphone use stickiness and use habit among adolescents.Heliyon · 2024Article
- The digital health dilemma: Exploring cyberchondria, well-being, and smartphone addiction in medical and non-medical undergraduates.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Nomophobia (No Mobile Phone Phobia) and Psychological Health Issues among Young Adult Students.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2023Article
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- The role of boredom proneness and self-control in the association between anxiety and smartphone addiction among college students: a multiple mediation model.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Effects of use motivations and alexithymia on smartphone addiction: mediating role of insecure attachment.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- The relationship between self-esteem and mobile phone addiction among college students: The chain mediating effects of social avoidance and peer relationships.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
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Abstract
Background: Smartphone addiction (SA) has become a social problem that affects peoples' quality of life and is frequently reported to be correlated with alexithymia, avoidant or anxious attachment styles, and subjective well-being. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between SA and alexithymia, attachment style, and subjective well-being. Methods: A meta-analysis was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The following electronic databases were searched: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, PsycINFO, PsycArticles, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), WANFANG DATA, and Chongqing VIP Information Co., Ltd. (VIP). Stata 16.0 was used to analyze the overall effect and test the moderating effect. Results: One hundred and ten studies were included, involving a total of 96,680 participants. SA had a significantly high positive correlation with alexithymia ( Conclusion: SA was closely related to alexithymia, attachment style, and subjective well-being. In the future, longitudinal research can be conducted to better investigate the dynamic changes in the relationship between them. Systematic review registration: [www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/], identifier [CRD42022334798].
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