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The relationship of smartphone addiction with depression, anxiety, and stress among medical students.
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- Prevalence and associated factors of smartphone addiction among caregivers of children with physical disabilities in Nepal: A cross-sectional study.Journal of public health research · 2026Article
- Smartphone addiction and its associated factors among public university students in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Health anxiety among medical and non-medical university students in Palestine: associations with intolerance of uncertainty, daily phone use, and field of study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The role of FoMO and nomophobia in explaining the relationship between doomscrolling and poor sleep quality.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The digital tether: a SA-SV based survey on smartphone addiction among young adults in Southern Italy.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- The Digital Dilemma: Patterns of Screen Time, Sleep Quality, and Mental Health Among Saudi University Students.Cureus · 2025Article
- Personality and Smartphone Addiction in Romania's Digital Age: The Mediating Role of Professional Status and the Moderating Effect of Adaptive Coping.Journal of Intelligence · 2025Article
- Mobile phone addiction was the mediator and physical activity was the moderator between bullying victimization and sleep quality.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Mediating factors in the relationship between smartphone addiction and sleep quality: depression, stress, and anxiety.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2025Article
- Addiction to smartphones in Arabs is associated with severe depressive symptoms and insomnia: a cross-sectional study.Discover mental health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Introduction: An increasing amount of research has shown a link between psychopathological behaviors such as smartphone addiction, depression, anxiety, and stress. The aim of this study was to assess the association of smartphone addiction with depression, anxiety, and stress. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between 26th January and 3rd March 2021. The sample was chosen using a convenient sampling technique and Raosoft tool. The survey assessed smartphone addiction using abbreviated versions of the Addiction Scale Short Version, a self-administered questionnaire that has been validated in the English and Arabic languages. Also, Depression and Anxiety Stress Scale was used to measure the level of depression, anxiety, and stress among the university students. Results: A total of 367 university students from the Medical and Health Sciences College participated. Our findings showed that smartphone addiction exhibited positive correlations with depression ( Conclusion: When combined, our data offer strong support for a bidirectional hybrid theory that takes into account the link between smartphone addiction and depression, anxiety, and stress. The current study's findings might assist national health authorities in strengthening their efforts to prevent depression, anxiety, and stress associated with the use of modern technology.
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