ReviewFrontiers in psychology2023
Exercise intervention to reduce mobile phone addiction in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Interventions for Internet, Smartphone, and Gaming Addictions: Umbrella Review and Meta-Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions for Digital Addiction: Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of the influence of traditional Chinese exercises on cognitive function in the elderly.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Traditional Social Sports Games and Mental Training for Smartphone Addiction and Psychological Distress in School-Aged Adolescents: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- The effectiveness of physical activity intervention on mobile phone addiction in college students: the chain mediating role of emotion regulation strategies and positive coping style.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- The Dose-Response Relationship Between Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Smartphone Addiction in First-Year Tehran University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- School connectedness and adolescents' problematic smartphone use: a cross-lagged model mediated by depressive symptoms.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Effects of uncertainty stress on attentional control in college students: mediating effect of problematic mobile phone use and moderating effect of expressive suppression.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Multiscale Mechanisms of Exercise-Induced Neuroplasticity: From Molecular Pathways to Network Dynamics and Behavioral Adaptation.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Family functioning and mobile phone dependency among adolescents: the mediating role of positive youth development and the moderating effect of physical activity.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Prediction of Smartphone Addiction Among Korean Adolescents Based on Physical Activity and Mental Health: A Machine Learning Analysis Using LASSO and SHAP From the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey.Alpha psychiatry · 2026Article
- Comparative changes in problematic smartphone use tendencies across four active exercise modalities among college students: an exploratory multicategorical relative indirect-effect analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The correlation between exercise types and adolescents' executive function and mobile phone dependence: a cross-sectional study from the perspective of motor skill classification.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Screen Time, Fatigue, Obesity and Physical Inactivity: Health Correlates of Problematic Smartphone Use in Adolescents.Child: care, health and development · 2026Article
- Associations of smartphone addiction and physical activity with sleep quality and neck/shoulder symptoms in university students: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The relationship between physical exercise and mobile phone dependence in college students: the chain mediating of self-control and social adaptability.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Changes in smartphone dependence and depressive and anxiety symptoms among Chinese adolescents.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Mobile Phone Addiction in College Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effects of community-based open and closed skill exercise interventions on ecological executive function and mobile phone dependence of adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: The growing problem of adolescent mobile phone addiction has attracted significant attention, underscoring the importance of identifying approaches to address it. Exercise has been found to reduce adolescent mobile phone addiction; however, its mechanism remains unclear. This review aims to elucidate the potential moderating factors between exercise and mobile phone addiction based on previous studies to provide a reference for adolescents to effectively participate in exercise to reduce mobile phone addiction. Methods: Articles were searched in the CNKI, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane, PsycINFO, and PubMed databases according to the inclusion criteria and followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Assessment and Meta-analysis (PRISMA). The quality of the literature was assessed by two independent reviewers using the Cochrane Collaboration Risk of Bias tool for methodological quality assessment. Meta-analysis was performed using Stata 15.1 software for Meta-analysis, standardized mean difference (SMD) was combined using a random effects model, and subgroup analysis was used to explore heterogeneity. Results: A total of 12 studies, 17 samples, and 861 subjects were included in the meta-analysis, and all studies were randomized controlled trials. The findings revealed that the exercise intervention significantly reduced mobile phone addiction in adolescents (SMD = -3.11; 95% CI: -3.91, -2.30; Conclusion: Our findings suggest that exercise could serve as an effective strategy for preventing or ameliorating mobile phone addiction in adolescents. Based on the results of this study, we encourage mobile phone-addicted adolescents to engage in a single exercise using a mix of skills for 30-60 min three or more times weekly for more than eight consecutive weeks.
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