SynthesisJournal of behavioral addictions2024
Problematic smartphone use and academic achievement: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Association between Parental Control and Problematic Internet Use among Adolescents: Three-Level Meta-Analysis and Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Pooled it
- The relationship between academic burnout and problematic smartphone use: a three-level meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of exercise as an intervention for internet addiction in adolescents: a meta-analysis.PeerJ · 2025Pooled it
- Screen use, health status, and self-perceived academic performance among Swedish dental and nursing students: an exploratory cross-sectional survey study.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Motivation Profiles Towards Academic Reading, Substance-Related and Problematic Behaviors in Future Teachers.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Nomophobia, Insomnia, and Coping Strategies in Relation to Academic Achievement and Psychological Well-Being Among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Psychological Factors Applicable to App Development for Overcoming Problematic Smartphone Use: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.Psychiatry investigation · 2026Article
- 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
- An Association Among Problematic Smartphone Use, Sleep Quality, Behavioral Engagement and Academic Achievements: A Multiple Mediation Model Based on Large-Scale Data.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Ten years of screen time among medical students in Dresden, Germany: unveiling the trends.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Disconnect To Reconnect: How Variations between Types of Smartphone Bans Influence Students' Well-being and Social Connectedness in Dutch Secondary Education.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- Disentangling stable traits from dynamic processes: a longitudinal investigation of academic burnout and problematic mobile phone use.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The relationship between smartphone addiction and academic burnout among physical education teacher students: a chain mediating of meaning in life and physical exercise.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Psychometric validation of the English version of the digital wellbeing questionnaire for young adults.PloS one · 2026Article
- Perceived parental emotional warmth and academic burnout in physical education pre-service teachers: the chain mediating roles of physical activity and smartphone addiction.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Demographic, social, psychological, mental health, and academic correlates of problematic smartphone use among French psychology students.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- A sex-specific difference in smartphone addiction, physical activity level, and cognitive functions among university students.AIMS public health · 2026Article
- Daily behavioral profiles and academic underperformance among university students: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Within-person reciprocal associations between problematic smartphone use and exercise adherence among university students: a four-wave random-intercept cross-lagged panel study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Daily Bidirectional Associations Between Problematic Smartphone Use and Meaning in Life: A 14-Day Diary Study.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background and aims: The present study aimed to synthesize existing quantitative evidence on the relationship between problematic smartphone use (PSU) and academic achievement with a focus on quantifying its magnitude and examining its potential moderators. Methods: Eligible studies were searched for up to February 10, 2023 in six different databases (i.e., MEDLINE, Current Contents Connect, PsycINFO, Web of Science, SciELO, and Dissertations & Theses Global). Studies were considered eligible if they provided information derived from self-report instruments that allowed statistical calculation of the relationship between PSU and academic achievement. Pooled effect sizes (r) were computed using a random-effects model. Meta-regressions were conducted to test the influence of study-level moderators on the relationship of interest. Influence analyses and a three-parameter selection model (3PSM) were conducted to examine the robustness of the results and publication bias, respectively. Results: A total of 33 effect sizes from 29 studies (n = 48,490) were retrieved. Results showed a small effect size (r = -0.110), which tended to be larger in samples consisting of students from elementary and middle schools. Discussion and Conclusions: Findings from the present study contribute to the understanding of a potential determinant of decreased academic achievement by providing evidence that PSU may be one of them.
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