ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Association between Smartphone Addiction and Suicide.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association between smartphone addiction, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt: a systematic review.PeerJ · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of digital addiction on youth health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Pooled it
- Developing and Evaluating Guidelines to Prevent Overdependence on Digital Therapeutics in Children and Adolescents: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Physical exercise and problematic smartphone use among adolescents in Western China: a multi-center cross-sectional study on the serial mediation of self-control and meaning in life.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Association between smartphone overdependence and alcohol and tobacco use behaviors among adolescents in Korea.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Review: Mental Health and Health Care Needs in Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth in China.JAACAP open · 2026Review
- Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Chinese Adolescents in Relation to Negative Life Events, Internet Addiction, and Sexual Abuse: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Mobile Phone Addiction and Suicidal Behaviors in Adolescents: School-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Zhejiang Province, China.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Adolescent Smartphone Overdependence in South Korea: A Place-Stratified Evaluation of Conceptually Informed AI/ML Modeling.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Predictors of Problematic Internet Use Among Romanian High School Students.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Excessive Screen Time, Self-Harm, and Suicidal Behavior in Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Integrative Literature Review.Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, Inc · 2025Review
- The relationship between childhood trauma and internet addiction in adolescents with depression: the mediating role of insomnia and alexithymia.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Patterns of smartphone dependence and predictive factors in Chinese college freshmen: a latent profile analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Smartphone addiction and malevolent creativity-the mediating role of psychological capital and the moderating role of self-concept clarity.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Association between changes in self-esteem and smartphone dependency among Korean adolescents.PloS one · 2025Article
- The moderating role of social support in the relationship between alexithymia and problematic smartphone use among Chinese depressed adolescents: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The impact of depression and anxiety on mobile phone addiction and the mediating effect of self-esteem.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Left-behind experience and mobile phone addiction among college students: A moderated mediation of social anxiety and sex.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Excessive internet use as a risk factor for suicide ideation among university students in Malawi: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Mobile phone addiction and suicide behaviors among Chinese adolescents: The mediation of poor sleep quality.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to explore the associations between smartphone overdependence (smartphone addiction) and suicidal ideation and attempts among Korean adolescents to acknowledge the risk of smartphone overuse.
methodsData were obtained from the results of the 2020 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey. Smartphone addiction was categorized into three groups: adolescents who scored less than 23 were categorized as the general user group and formed the reference, those with scores of 23-30 were categorized as the potential-risk user group, and those with scores higher than 31 were categorized under the high-risk user group. Suicidal ideation and suicide attempt were identified as dependent variables in the present study. Multiple logistic regression was used to analyze the relationship between SA and suicidal ideation and suicide attempt status among Korean adolescents.
resultsThis study included 41,173 general users of smartphones, 12,142 potential-risk users, and 1633 high-risk users from among 54,948 adolescents who were middle- and high-school students. Adolescents with potentially risky smartphone use showed a higher likelihood of suicidal ideation (OR: 1.50, CI: 1.42-1.60). Similarly, adolescents with high-risk smartphone use showed a significant risk of suicidal ideation (OR: 2.49, CI: 2.21-2.81) and suicide attempt (OR: 1.87, CI: 1.48-2.37) compared to the adolescents who were general users.
conclusionOur study results encourage parents and social workers to acknowledge that adolescents' smartphone addiction leads to a higher risk to their mental health, wherein they may engage in suicidal ideation and even resort to a suicide attempt.
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