ArticleBMC public health2024
The relationship between nighttime exercise and problematic smartphone use before sleep and associated health issues: a cross-sectional study.
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- The mediating role of self-control between physical activity and mobile phone addiction in adolescents: a meta-analytic structural equation modeling approach.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Differences in Internalizing Problems Across Risk Groups of Smartphone Addiction: Simulation-Based Network Analysis of Intervention Targets.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The influence of interpersonal competence on smartphone addiction: the moderating role of football participation.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Physical activity motivation is inversely associated with anxiety: a cross-sectional serial mediation analysis involving smartphone addiction symptoms and sleep quality in medical undergraduates.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The impact of physical exercise on sleep quality among college students: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 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
- Anxiety and sleep hygiene among college students, a moderated mediating model.BMC public health · 2025Article
- One-year update on physical activity and smartphone addiction in university students: A systematic review of novel research.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Review
- The impact of regular physical exercise on mobile phone addiction tendency among Chinese college students: the mediating role of trait boredom and the moderating role of self-control.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Influence of physical activity on problematic smartphone use in medical students: mediating effects of social anxiety and the moderating role of gender.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Gender differences in the effects of urban environment on nighttime exercise behaviours: a qualitative study.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivePhysical exercise has the potential to mitigate addictive behaviors and relevant health issues. However, the nighttime exercise has not been studied regarding this research topic. This study aims to explore the association between nocturnal physical exercise and problematic smartphone use before sleep, as well as related health issues.
methodsTo explore the association between nighttime physical exercise and problematic smartphone use before sleep as well as related health issues, we conducted a cross-sectional survey among 1,334 college students. Their daily exercise behaviors (including timeframe, rationale, frequency, and duration), smartphone use before sleep, sleep quality, smartphone addiction, anxiety, and depression were measured by questionnaires. The associations were assessed using generalized linear models.
resultsOur findings indicate that nearly 70% of participants chose to perform exercise at nighttime. Among these individuals who exercised at nighttime, the frequency and duration of nighttime exercise were significantly associated with decreased probabilities of smartphone use before sleep. Additionally, the frequency and duration of nighttime exercise were associated with lower levels of smartphone addiction and anxiety disorders.
conclusionNighttime Exercise behaviors can effectively reduce sleep delays caused by problematic smartphone use before bedtime. These findings contribute to understanding the potential effects of nighttime exercise on problematic smartphone use and relevant health issues. Future research should employ more precise methodologies to examine these associations.
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